H.R.2111: To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a partnership program in foreign languages.

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a partnership program in foreign languages. 5/2/2007--Introduced. Foreign Language Education Partnership Program Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to replace the program providing incentive payments to public elementary schools for foreign language instruction with a partnership program in foreign languages that provides matching incentive payments to partnerships composed of state or local educational agencies and institutions of higher education. Requires such partnerships to establish, improve, or expand model programs of foreign language learning from kindergarten through grade 12 that increase the number of high school graduates who attain advanced proficiency in at least one foreign language. Requires each model program to have a dimension allowing the student to gain an understanding of the historic, geographic, cultural, economic, and other contextual [...]

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