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(8) Many Caribbean leaders studied at the un-
dergraduate or graduate level in the United States be-
fore returning to their respective countries to con-
tribute toward the strengthening of democracy, the 
economy, or the provision of social services. 
(9) From 2003 through 2005, 217 Caribbean 
leaders participated in exchange programs with the 
United States that focused on good governance, com-
bating drug trafficking, anti-corruption, and other re-
gional issues of concern. 
(10) The Department of State currently admin-
isters public outreach programs that include cultural, 
academic, 
and 
citizen-exchange 
initiatives 
in 
CARICOM countries through the public affairs sec-
tions at United States embassies with support from 
the Office of Public Diplomacy in the Bureau of West-
ern Hemisphere Affairs. 
(11) The Caribbean Center for Excellence in 
Teacher Training (C–CETT), a Presidential Initia-
tive funded by the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development and implemented by the Uni-
versity of the West Indies, works to improve the qual-
ity of reading instruction by training classroom and 
student teachers in seven countries of the English- 
speaking Caribbean.
Belize, Jamaica, Grenada, St. 
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Lucia, Guyana, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and 
Trinidad and Tobago have participated in the C– 
CETT as a means to reducing illiteracy
in the most 
disadvantaged urban and remote rural
areas. 
(12) In Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, the Ba-
hamas, Barbados, Belize, the Cayman Islands, the 
Dominican Republic, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, 
Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, 
St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trin-
idad and Tobago, the Bureau of Educational and 
Cultural Affairs of the Department of State sponsors 
educational advisors to promote study in the United 
States. 
(13) In the 2004–2005 academic year, approxi-
mately 14,000 Caribbean students were enrolled in 
United States colleges and universities. 
(14) Shirley Anita Chisholm, who served as a 
member of the United States House of Representatives 
from 1968 to 1983, had family roots in the Caribbean 
nation of Barbados, was a staunch advocate for edu-
cational opportunity and access, and increased sup-
port for historically Black colleges and universities 
and other minority-serving institutions in the United 
States. 
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(b) STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.—The purpose of this 
Act is to establish— 
(1) an educational exchange program between 
the United States and CARICOM countries, to be 
known as the ‘‘Shirley A. Chisholm United States- 
Caribbean Educational Exchange Program’’, pursu-
ant to section 4 of this Act to assist in educating 
promising students and scholars from CARICOM 
countries who will invest the knowledge and experi-
ences they gain in the United States back into the 
community of CARICOM countries; and 
(2) a program to provide educational develop-
ment assistance for CARICOM countries pursuant to 
section 5 of this Act. 
SEC. 4. SHIRLEY A. CHISHOLM UNITED STATES-CARIBBEAN 
EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE PROGRAM. 
(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of State 
is authorized to establish an educational exchange program 
between the United States and CARICOM countries, to be 
known as the ‘‘Shirley A. Chisholm United States-Carib-
bean Educational Exchange Program,’’ under which— 
(1) secondary school students from CARICOM 
countries will— 
(A) attend a public or private secondary 
school in the United States; 
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(B) participate in activities designed to 
promote a greater understanding of the values 
and culture of the United States; and 
(C) have the option to live with a United 
States host family and experience life in a 
United States host community; and 
(2) undergraduate students, graduate students, 
post-graduate students, and scholars from CARICOM 
countries will— 
(A) attend a public or private college or 
university, including a community college, in the 
United States; 
(B) participate in activities designed to 
promote a greater understanding of the values 
and culture of the United States; and 
(C) have the option to live with a United 
States host family and experience life in a 
United States host community or live in an on- 
campus housing environment. 
(b) ELEMENTS OF PROGRAM.—The program author-
ized under subsection (a) shall meet the following require-
ments: 
(1) The program will offer scholarships to stu-
dents and scholars based on merit and need. It is the 
sense of Congress that scholarships should be offered 
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under the program to students and scholars who evi-
dence merit, achievement, and strong potential for the 
studies such students and scholars wish to undertake 
under the program and 40 percent of scholarships of-
fered under the program should be based on financial 
need. 
(2) The program will seek to achieve gender 
equality in granting scholarships under the program. 
(3) The program will limit participation to— 
(A) two years of study for secondary school 
students; 
(B) four years of study for undergraduate 
students; 
(C) 30 months of study for graduate stu-
dents; and 
(D) one year of study for post-graduate stu-
dents and scholars. 
(4) For a period of time equal to the period of 
time of participation in the program, but not to ex-
ceed 2 years, the program will require participants 
who are students and scholars described in subsection 
(a)(2) to— 
(A) agree to return to live in a CARICOM 
country and maintain residence in such country, 
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within 6 months of completion of academic stud-
ies; or 
(B) agree to obtain employment that di-
rectly benefits the growth, progress, and develop-
ment of one or more CARICOM countries and 
the people of such countries. 
(5) The Secretary of State shall have the discre-
tion to waive, shorten the duration, or otherwise alter 
the requirements of paragraph (5) in limited cir-
cumstances of hardship, humanitarian needs, for spe-
cific educational purposes, or in furtherance of the 
national interests of the United States. 
(c) ROLE OF UNITED STATES COOPERATING AGEN-
CIES.—The Secretary shall consult with United States co-
operating agencies in developing the program authorized 
under subsection (a) and shall make grants to United States 
cooperating agencies in carrying out the program author-
ized under subsection (a). 
(d) MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish 
and implement a system to monitor and evaluate the 
effectiveness and efficiency of the program authorized 
under subsection (a). In carrying out the system, the 
Secretary shall evaluate the program’s positive or 
negative effects on brain drain from the participating 
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CARICOM countries and suggest ways in which the 
program may be improved to promote the basic goal 
of alleviating brain-drain from the participating 
CARICOM countries. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out para-
graph (1), the Secretary shall review on a regular 
basis— 
(A) financial information relating to the 
program; 
(B) budget plans for the program; 
(C) adjustments to plans established for the 
program; 
(D) graduation rates of participants in the 
program; 
(E) the percentage of participants who are 
students described in subsection (a)(1) who pur-
sue higher education; 
(F) the percentage of participants who re-
turn 
to 
their 
home 
country 
or 
another 
CARICOM country; 
(G) the types of careers pursued by partici-
pants in the program and the extent to which 
such careers are linked to the political, economic, 
and social development needs of CARICOM 
countries; and 
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(H) the impact of gender, country of origin, 
financial need of students, and other relevant 
factors on the data collected under subpara-
graphs (D) through (G). 
(e) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that the Secretary should seek to work with CARICOM 
countries to establish an educational exchange program 
under which— 
(1) secondary school students from the United 
States will attend a public or private equivalent 
school in CARICOM countries; and 
(2) undergraduate students, graduate students, 
post-graduate students, and scholars from the United 
States will attend a public or private college or uni-
versity in CARICOM countries. 
SEC. 5. PROGRAM TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL DEVELOP-
MENT 
ASSISTANCE 
FOR 
CARICOM 
COUN-
TRIES. 
(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of State, 
acting through the Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development, is authorized to es-
tablish a program to provide educational development as-
sistance for CARICOM countries. 
(b) PURPOSE OF PROGRAM.—The purpose of the pro-
gram authorized under subsection (a) is to improve pri-
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mary and secondary education in CARICOM countries by 
enhancing teacher training, strengthening curriculum and 
instructional materials, and assisting improvements in 
school management and public administration of education. 
(c) ELEMENTS OF PROGRAM.—The program author-
ized under subsection (a) shall extend and expand upon ex-
isting primary and secondary school programs in 
CARICOM countries to provide— 
(1) teacher-training methods and training in 
subject area studies; 
(2) classroom and school management; 
(3) development and modernization of cur-
riculum and instructional materials; 
(4) increased community involvement in school 
activities; and 
(5) local, regional, and national government pol-
icy planning on the elements described in paragraphs 
(1) through (4). 
(d) ROLE OF UNITED STATES COOPERATING AGEN-
CIES.—The Secretary shall consult with the Secretary of 
Education and United States cooperating agencies in devel-
oping the program authorized under subsection (a) and 
shall make grants to United States cooperating agencies in 
carrying out the program authorized under subsection (a). 
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(e) MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF PROGRAM.—The 
Secretary shall establish and implement a system to mon-
itor and evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of the pro-
gram authorized under subsection (a). 
(f) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that the Secretary should seek to work with CARICOM 
countries to establish an educational development program 
under which education in the CARICOM countries is im-
proved and access to quality education for children in 
CARICOM countries is increased. 
SEC. 6. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS. 
(a) FUNDING FROM PRIVATE SOURCES AND PARTNER-
SHIPS WITH OTHER APPROPRIATE ENTITIES.—To the 
maximum extent practicable, the Secretary of State and the 
Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development should implement the programs au-
thorized under sections 4 and 5 of this Act through utiliza-
tion of funding from private sources to maximize the im-
pact of United States funds under this Act, and through 
partnerships with appropriate United States organizations, 
institutions, and corporations. 
(b) AVOIDANCE OF DUPLICATION.—The Secretary and 
the Administrator shall consult with the Secretary of Edu-
cation to ensure that— 
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(1) activities under the programs authorized 
under sections 4 and 5 of this Act are not duplicative 
of other United States educational programs for 
CARICOM countries; and 
(2) United States cooperating agencies and part-
ner institutions in CARICOM countries are accred-
ited by national or regional accrediting bodies. 
(c) REPORTING UNDER SEVIS.—To the extent nec-
essary, the Secretary shall provide support to United States 
cooperating agencies that are participating in the program 
authorized under section 4 of this Act in order to fulfill 
the requirements for student data reporting under the Stu-
dent and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS). 
SEC. 7. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
report on plans to implement the programs authorized 
under sections 4 and 5 of this Act. 
(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report required 
by subsection (a) shall include— 
(1) with respect to implementation of the pro-
gram authorized under section 4— 
(A) a plan for selecting participants in the 
program, including an estimate of the number of 
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secondary school students, undergraduate stu-
dents, graduate students, post-graduate students, 
and scholars from each country, by educational 
level, who will be selected as participants in the 
program for each fiscal year; 
(B) a timeline for selecting United States 
cooperating agencies that will assist in imple-
menting the program; 
(C) a financial plan that— 
(i) identifies budget plans for each edu-
cational level under the program; and 
(ii) identifies plans or systems to en-
sure that the costs to public school, college, 
and university education under the pro-
gram and the costs to private school, college, 
and university education under the pro-
gram are reasonably allocated; and 
(D) a plan to provide outreach to and link-
ages with schools, colleges and universities, and 
nongovernmental organizations in both the 
United States and CARICOM countries for im-
plementation of the program; and 
(2) a plan outlining implementation of the pro-
gram authorized under section 5, identifying the ini-
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tial countries in which the program will be imple-
mented and a timeline for implementation. 
(c) UPDATES OF REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees updates of 
the report required by subsection (a) for each fiscal 
year for which amounts are appropriated pursuant to 
the authorization of appropriations under section 8 of 
this Act. 
(2) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—Such updates 
shall include the following: 
(A) Information on United States cooper-
ating agencies that are selected to assist in im-
plementing the programs authorized under sec-
tions 4 and 5 of this Act. 
(B) An analysis of the positive and negative 
impacts the program authorized under section 4 
will have or is having on brain drain from the 
participating CARICOM countries. 
(C) A description of efforts made by the 
Secretary of State, acting through the Adminis-
trator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development, to implement the pro-
gram authorized under section 5. 
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(D) A description of the programs estab-
lished in each CARICOM country receiving as-
sistance under the program authorized under sec-
tion 5 that provides a detailed explanation of the 
extent to which the program and the assistance 
provided are contributing to the purpose of the 
program described in section 5(b) in the 
CARICOM country. 
(E) An evaluation of additional educational 
development goals in CARICOM countries, iden-
tifying those goals that could be maximized or 
achieved with United States assistance through 
the program authorized under section 5. In addi-
tion to standard or necessary areas of education 
review, the evaluation should give attention to 
factors affecting academic achievement, attrition, 
and graduation rates in CARICOM countries. 
The evaluation should suggest ways in which 
United States assistance can maximize success 
factors and address factors contributing to poor 
achievement. 
SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
To carry out this Act, there are authorized to be appro-
priated such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal 
years 2008 through 2012. Amounts appropriated pursuant 
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to the authorization of appropriations under this section 
are in addition to amounts otherwise available for such 
purposes. 
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to authorize 
the establishment of educational exchange and develop-
ment programs for member countries of the Caribbean 
Community (CARICOM).’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 163 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 176 
[Report No. 110–254] 
A BILL 
To authorize assistance to the countries of the Car-
ibbean to fund educational development and ex-
change programs. 
JULY 23, 2007 
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee 
of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and or-
dered to be printed 
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