HR 1731
117th Congress
House
Education
Academic performance and assessments
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Indian social and development programs
Minority education
BEST Act
Introduced: March 10, 2021
Introduced by:
Brownley, Julia
Democratic
· California
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Became law
Mar 10, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Mar 10, 2021
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Biliteracy Education Seal and Teaching Act or the BEST Act
This bill directs the Department of Education to award renewable two-year grants to states to establish or improve, and carry out, Seal of Biliteracy programs to recognize student proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing in both English and a second language.
Further, these programs must allow speakers of any official Native American language to use equivalent proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing in such language in lieu of proficiency in English.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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