IV 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 466 
Supporting the role of the United States in promoting children’s access 
to quality education in the poorest countries through the Global Partner-
ship for Education. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 20, 2017 
Mr. REICHERT (for himself and Mrs. LOWEY) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Supporting the role of the United States in promoting chil-
dren’s access to quality education in the poorest coun-
tries through the Global Partnership for Education. 
Whereas access to quality education reduces poverty, ad-
vances economic prosperity, improves peace and security, 
and strengthens public health; 
Whereas the 2016 Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Re-
port, the globally recognized annual accountability tool on 
the status of education internationally, found that an es-
timated 263,000,000 children and youth are out of school 
worldwide, with girls still more likely to be out of school 
than their male peers in most of the developing world; 
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Whereas a 2015 GEM Report found that two-thirds of the 
world’s out-of-school children live in countries affected by 
fragility and conflict; 
Whereas the 2011 World Health Organization’s World Re-
port on Disability has found an estimated 90 percent of 
children with disabilities under age 18 in the developing 
world do not attend school; 
Whereas a 2012 GEM Report found that 250,000,000 pri-
mary schoolchildren are failing to learn basic literacy and 
numeracy skills, 130,000,000 of whom have attended at 
least 4 years of school; 
Whereas a 2011 GEM Report found that educating all stu-
dents in low-income countries with basic reading skills 
could lead to 171,000,000 people lifted out of poverty, a 
12 percent drop in global poverty; 
Whereas a 1999 World Bank study on conflict found every 
year of school decreases the chance of male youth engag-
ing in violent conflict by 20 percent; 
Whereas a 2011 GEM Report found an educated mother is 
more likely to have her children vaccinated, and girls in 
school are three times less likely to be infected with HIV 
than their peers who are not in school; 
Whereas the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) is the 
only public-private global partnership exclusively dedi-
cated to education in the world’s poorest countries; 
Whereas GPE eligible countries are home to approximately 
870,000,000 children and youth, which represent 78 per-
cent of out-of-school children; 
Whereas GPE support resulted in 64,000,000 more children 
in primary school in 2014 than in 2002 and a 10 percent 
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increase in primary school completion over that same pe-
riod in GPE partner countries; 
Whereas GPE support to partner countries has achieved a 71 
percent primary completion rate for girls in 2014 com-
pared with 56 percent in 2002; 
Whereas 60 percent of GPE’s spending is in countries af-
fected by conflict or fragility and helped these countries 
to increase their primary school completion rates from 58 
percent in 2002 to 68 percent in 2014; 
Whereas GPE incentivizes developing country governments to 
increase their own domestic financing for education, 
which has resulted in partner countries pledging 
$26,000,000,000 for their own domestic financing during 
GPE’s 2014 replenishment conference; 
Whereas support for GPE complements the United States 
Government’s bilateral basic education programs by fos-
tering coordination, among all key partners, ensuring the 
development of national education sector plans, and 
building on the commitment of developing country gov-
ernments; 
Whereas, on April 20, 2017, GPE called for a 3-year plan 
to support 89 developing countries in improving the qual-
ity of and access to education for 870,000,000 children 
and youth and provide education plan implementation 
grants to 67 developing countries, covering 64 percent of 
out-of-school children; and 
Whereas with support from donors, GPE will be able to en-
sure 19,000,000 more children complete primary school, 
6,600,000 more children complete lower secondary school, 
1,700,000 more teachers are trained, 23,800 classrooms 
are built, and 204,000,000 textbooks are distributed, 
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bringing new hope to a generation of children and youth: 
Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) affirms the leadership and commitment of 
the United States Government to improving access 
to quality education for the poorest and most 
marginalized children and youth worldwide, which 
promotes global stability, economic prosperity, and 
poverty elimination; 
(2) supports the mission and goals of the GPE 
to mobilize global and national efforts to contribute 
to the achievement of equitable, quality education 
and learning, with a focus on effective and efficient 
education systems and strong education financing; 
(3) recognizes that United States Government 
investments in bilateral basic education are com-
plemented by GPE’s education systems approach 
and convening authority; and 
(4) encourages continued commitment and in-
vestments by the United States Government, inter-
national donors, private foundations, and private 
sector donors through the GPE to the global effort 
to promote children and youth are attending school 
and learning throughout the world. 
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