National Security Language Act

Bill: 108-hr-3676
Sponsor: Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2003-12-08 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Armed Forces and National Security
Biology
Chemistry
Commerce
Community and school
Computer literacy
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Continuing education
Curricula
Department of Education
Distance education
Economics and Public Finance
Educational accountability
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to education
Federal employees
Federally-guaranteed loans
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
International Affairs
International cooperation in science
International education
Language and languages
Law
Physics
Public-private partnerships
Rating of teachers
Recruiting of employees
Rural education
Scholarships
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientific education
Secondary education
Student loan funds
Teacher education
Teacher supply and demand
Technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2003-12-08
text: 
National Security Language Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to establish programs to encourage early foreign language instruction, including grants to: (1) partnerships of institutions of higher education (IHEs) and local educational agencies (LEAs) for activities relating to foreign language instruction at elementary or secondary schools, with priorities for high-need LEAs and less-commonly taught foreign languages; and (2) IHEs that develop innovative programs for the teaching of foreign languages, with priorities for combining foreign languages with science and technology and for less-commonly taught foreign languages.
 
Provides undergraduate student loan forgiveness of up to $10,000 for students who major in a critical need foreign language and are employed as teachers of such language in elementary or secondary schools or as using such language regularly in a Federal agency.
 
Directs the Secretary of Education to: (1) establish a foreign language education marketing campaign to encourage students at secondary schools and IHEs to study foreign languages, particularly ones less commonly taught and critical to national security; and (2) conduct a study to identify foreign language heritage communities and recruit speakers of such critical languages. 
 
Amends the David L. Boren National Security Education Act of 1991 to establish an International Flagship Language Initiative with grants to IHEs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-01-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education.
action_date: 2004-01-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2004-01-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2003-12-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2493)
action_date: 2003-12-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-12-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-12-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-12-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-12-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-12-08
text: Introduced in House