(1) the appropriate congressional committees; 
(2) relevant Executive branch agencies and offi-
cials; 
(3) partner country governments; and 
(4) local and international nongovernmental or-
ganizations, including faith-based organizations and 
organizations representing students, teachers, and 
parents, and other development partners engaged in 
basic education assistance programs in developing 
countries. 
(c) PUBLIC COMMENT.—The President shall provide 
an opportunity for public comment on the strategy required 
under subsection (a). 
(d) ELEMENTS.—The strategy required under sub-
section (a)— 
(1) shall be developed and implemented con-
sistent with the principles set forth in section 105(c) 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as added by 
section 3; and 
(2) shall seek— 
(A) to prioritize assistance provided under 
this subsection to countries that are partners of 
the United States and whose populations are 
most in need of improved basic education, as de-
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termined by indicators such as literacy and 
numeracy rates; 
(B) to build the capacity of relevant actors 
in partner countries, including in government 
and in civil society, to develop and implement 
national education plans that measurably im-
prove basic education; 
(C) to identify and replicate successful 
interventions that improve access to and quality 
of basic education in conflict settings and in 
partner countries; 
(D) to project general levels of resources 
needed to achieve stated program objectives; 
(E) to develop means to track implementa-
tion in partner countries and ensure that such 
countries are expending appropriate domestic re-
sources and instituting any relevant legal, regu-
latory, or institutional reforms needed to achieve 
stated program objectives; 
(F) to leverage United States capabilities, 
including through technical assistance, training, 
and research; and 
(G) to improve coordination and reduce du-
plication among relevant Executive branch agen-
cies and officials, other donors, multilateral in-
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stitutions, nongovernmental organizations, and 
governments in partner countries. 
SEC. 5. IMPROVING COORDINATION AND OVERSIGHT. 
(a) SENIOR COORDINATOR OF UNITED STATES INTER-
NATIONAL BASIC EDUCATION ASSISTANCE.—There is estab-
lished within the United States Agency for International 
Development a Senior Coordinator of United States Inter-
national Basic Education Assistance (referred to in this sec-
tion as the ‘‘Senior Coordinator’’). The Senior Coordinator 
shall be appointed by the President, shall be a current 
USAID employee serving in a career or noncareer position 
in the Senior Executive Service or at the level of a Deputy 
Assistant Administrator or higher, and shall serve concur-
rently as the Senior Coordinator. 
(b) DUTIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Senior Coordinator shall 
have primary responsibility for the oversight and co-
ordination of all resources and activities of the 
United States Government relating to the promotion 
of international basic education programs and activi-
ties. 
(2) SPECIFIC DUTIES.—The Senior Coordinator 
shall— 
(A) facilitate program and policy coordina-
tion of international basic education programs 
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and activities among relevant Executive branch 
agencies and officials, partner governments, mul-
tilateral institutions, the private sector, and non-
governmental and civil society organizations; 
(B) develop and revise the strategy required 
under section 4; 
(C) monitor, evaluate, and report on activi-
ties undertaken pursuant to the strategy required 
under section 4; and 
(D) establish due diligence criteria for all 
recipients of funds provided by the United States 
to carry out activities under this Act and the 
amendments made by this Act. 
(c) OFFSET.—In order to eliminate duplication of ef-
fort and activities and to offset any costs incurred by the 
United States Agency for International Development in ap-
pointing the Senior Coordinator under subsection (a), the 
President shall eliminate any positions within the United 
States Agency for International Development (unless other-
wise authorized or required by law) that the President de-
termines to be necessary to fully offset such costs and elimi-
nate duplication. 
SEC. 6. MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF PROGRAMS. 
The President shall seek to ensure that programs car-
ried out under the strategy required under section 4 shall— 
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(1) apply rigorous monitoring and evaluation 
methodologies to determine if programs and activities 
provided under this subsection accomplish measurable 
improvements in literacy, numeracy, or other basic 
skills development that prepare an individual to be 
an active, productive member of society and the work-
force; 
(2) include methodological guidance in the im-
plementation plan and support systemic data collec-
tion using internationally comparable indicators, 
norms, and methodologies, to the extent practicable 
and appropriate; 
(3) disaggregate all data collected and reported 
by age, gender, marital status, disability, and loca-
tion, to the extent practicable and appropriate; 
(4) include funding for both short- and long-term 
monitoring and evaluation to enable assessment of the 
sustainability and scalability of assistance programs; 
and 
(5) support the increased use and public avail-
ability of education data for improved decision mak-
ing, program effectiveness, and monitoring of global 
progress. 
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