                  CHAPTER 68--NATIONAL EDUCATION REFORM
 
             SUBCHAPTER VI--INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAM
 
Sec. 5951. International Education Program


(a) Program established

    The Secretary, with the concurrence and the foreign policy guidance 
of the Secretary of State, shall carry out an International Education 
Program in accordance with this section that shall provide for--
        (1) the study of international education programs and delivery 
    systems; and
        (2) an international education exchange program.

(b) Repealed. Pub. L. 105-277, div. A, Sec. 101(f) [title VIII, 
        Sec. 301(e)], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681-337, 2681-410

(c) International Education Exchange Program

                           (1) Requirement

        (A) In general

            The Secretary, in consultation with the Director of the 
        United States Information Agency, shall carry out a program to 
        be known as the International Education Exchange Program. Under 
        such program the Secretary shall award grants to or enter into 
        contracts with organizations with demonstrated effectiveness or 
        expertise in international achievement comparisons, in order 
        to--
                (i) make available to educators from eligible countries 
            exemplary curriculum and teacher training programs in civics 
            and government education and economic education developed in 
            the United States;
                (ii) assist eligible countries in the adaptation and 
            implementation of such programs or joint research concerning 
            such programs;
                (iii) create and implement educational programs for 
            United States students which draw upon the experiences of 
            emerging constitutional democracies;
                (iv) provide a means for the exchange of ideas and 
            experiences in civics and government education and economic 
            education among political, educational, and private sector 
            leaders of participating eligible countries; and
                (v) provide support for--
                    (I) research and evaluation to determine the effects 
                of educational programs on students' development of the 
                knowledge, skills, and traits of character essential for 
                the preservation and improvement of constitutional 
                democracy; and
                    (II) effective participation in and the preservation 
                and improvement of an efficient market economy.

        (B) Program administration

            The Secretary and the Director of the United States 
        Information Agency, or their designees, shall be jointly 
        responsible for the design of the program described in 
        subparagraph (A). The Secretary and the Director of the United 
        States Information Agency shall name to an oversight committee 
        an equal number of representatives. Such committee shall 
        determine the specifications for requests for proposals, the 
        eligibility and review criteria for proposals, and the review 
        process for proposals, for grants or contracts under this 
        section. The Director of the United States Information Agency 
        shall have particular responsibility for ensuring that programs 
        assisted under this section are not duplicative of other efforts 
        in the target countries and that foreign partner institutions 
        are creditable.

        (C) Reservations

            In carrying out the program described in subparagraph (A), 
        there shall be reserved in each fiscal year--
                (i) 50 percent of the amount available to carry out this 
            subsection for civics and government education activities; 
            and
                (ii) 50 percent of such amount available to carry out 
            this subsection for economic education activities.

                       (2) Contract authorized

        (A) In general

            The Secretary, in consultation with the Director of the 
        United States Information Agency, is authorized to contract with 
        independent nonprofit educational organizations to carry out the 
        provisions of this subsection.

        (B) Number

            The Secretary, in consultation with the Director of the 
        United States Information Agency, shall award at least 1 but not 
        more than 3 contracts described in subparagraph (A) in each of 
        the areas described in clauses (i) and (ii) of paragraph (1)(B).

        (C) Avoidance of duplication

            The Secretary, in consultation with the Director of the 
        United States Information Agency, shall award contracts 
        described in subparagraph (A) so as to avoid duplication of 
        activities in such contracts.

        (D) Requirements

            Each organization with which the Secretary enters into a 
        contract pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall--
                (i) be experienced in--
                    (I) the development and national implementation of 
                curricular programs in civics and government education 
                and economic education for students from grades 
                kindergarten through 12 in local, intermediate, and 
                State educational agencies, in schools funded by the 
                Bureau, and in private schools throughout the Nation 
                with the cooperation and assistance of national 
                professional educational organizations, colleges and 
                universities, and private sector organizations;
                    (II) the development and implementation of 
                cooperative university and school-based inservice 
                training programs for teachers of grades kindergarten 
                through grade 12 using scholars from such relevant 
                disciplines as political science, political philosophy, 
                history, law and economics;
                    (III) the development of model curricular frameworks 
                in civics and government education and economic 
                education;
                    (IV) the administration of international seminars on 
                the goals and objectives of civics and government 
                education or economic education in constitutional 
                democracies (including the sharing of curricular 
                materials) for educational leaders, teacher trainers, 
                scholars in related disciplines, and educational 
                policymakers; and
                    (V) the evaluation of civics and government 
                education or economic education programs; and

                (ii) have the authority to subcontract with other 
            organizations to carry out the provisions of this 
            subsection.

                           (3) Activities

        The international education program described in this subsection 
    shall--
            (A) provide eligible countries with--
                (i) seminars on the basic principles of United States 
            constitutional democracy and economics, including seminars 
            on the major governmental and economic institutions and 
            systems in the United States, and visits to such 
            institutions;
                (ii) visits to school systems, institutions of higher 
            learning, and nonprofit organizations conducting exemplary 
            programs in civics and government education and economic 
            education in the United States;
                (iii) home stays in United States communities;
                (iv) translations and adaptations regarding United 
            States civics and government education and economic 
            education curricular programs for students and teachers, and 
            in the case of training programs for teachers translations 
            and adaptations into forms useful in schools in eligible 
            countries, and joint research projects in such areas;
                (v) translation of basic documents of United States 
            constitutional government for use in eligible countries, 
            such as The Federalist Papers, selected writings of 
            Presidents Adams and Jefferson and the Anti-Federalists, and 
            more recent works on political theory, constitutional law 
            and economics; and
                (vi) research and evaluation assistance to determine--
                    (I) the effects of educational programs on students' 
                development of the knowledge, skills and traits of 
                character essential for the preservation and improvement 
                of constitutional democracy; and
                    (II) effective participation in and the preservation 
                and improvement of an efficient market economy;

            (B) provide United States participants with--
                (i) seminars on the histories, economics, and 
            governments of eligible countries;
                (ii) visits to school systems, institutions of higher 
            learning, and organizations conducting exemplary programs in 
            civics and government education and economic education 
            located in eligible countries;
                (iii) home stays in eligible countries;
                (iv) assistance from educators and scholars in eligible 
            countries in the development of curricular materials on the 
            history, government and economics of such countries that are 
            useful in United States classrooms;
                (v) opportunities to provide on-site demonstrations of 
            United States curricula and pedagogy for educational leaders 
            in eligible countries; and
                (vi) research and evaluation assistance to determine--
                    (I) the effects of educational programs on students' 
                development of the knowledge, skills and traits of 
                character essential for the preservation and improvement 
                of constitutional democracy; and
                    (II) effective participation in and improvement of 
                an efficient market economy; and

            (C) assist participants from eligible countries and the 
        United States in participating in international conferences on 
        civics and government education and economic education for 
        educational leaders, teacher trainers, scholars in related 
        disciplines, and educational policymakers.

                          (4) Participants

        The primary participants in the international education program 
    assisted under this subsection shall be leading educators in the 
    areas of civics and government education and economic education, 
    including curriculum and teacher training specialists, scholars in 
    relevant disciplines, and educational policymakers, from the United 
    States and eligible countries.

                 (5) Personnel and technical experts

        The Secretary is authorized to provide Department of Education 
    personnel and technical experts to assist eligible countries to 
    establish and implement a database or other effective methods to 
    improve educational delivery systems, structure and organization.

                  (6) ``Eligible country'' defined

        For the purpose of this subsection the term ``eligible country'' 
    means a Central European country, an Eastern European country, 
    Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Georgia, the Commonwealth of Independent 
    States, and any country that formerly was a republic of the Soviet 
    Union whose political independence is recognized in the United 
    States.

(d) Authorization of appropriations

     (1) Repealed. Pub. L. 105-277, div. A, Sec. 101(f) [title 
             VIII, Sec. 301(e)], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681-
                                337, 2681-410

                (2) International education exchange

        There are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for fiscal 
    year 1995, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal 
    years 1996 through 1999, to carry out subsection (c) of this 
    section.

(Pub. L. 103-227, title VI, Sec. 601, Mar. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 200; Pub. 
L. 105-277, div. A, Sec. 101(f) [title VIII, Sec. 301(e)], div. G, 
subdiv. A, title XIII, Sec. 1335(e), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681-337, 
2681-410, 2681-788.)


                               Amendments

    1998--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105-277, Sec. 1335(e), substituted 
``and'' for ``of the Director of the United States Information Agency 
and with''.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105-277, Sec. 101(f) [title VIII, Sec. 301(e)], 
struck out heading and text of subsec. (b). Text read as follows: ``The 
Secretary shall award grants for the study, evaluation, and analysis of 
education systems in other nations, particularly Great Britain, France, 
Germany and Japan. Such studies shall focus upon a comparative analysis 
of curriculum, methodology, and organizational structure, including the 
length of the school year and school day. In addition, the studies shall 
provide an analysis of successful strategies employed by other nations 
to improve student achievement, with a specific focus upon application 
to schooling and the National Education Goals.''
    Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 105-277, Sec. 101(f) [title VIII, 
Sec. 301(e)], struck out heading and text of par. (1). Text read as 
follows: ``There are authorized to be appropriated $1,000,000 for fiscal 
year 1995, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal 
years 1996 through 1999, to carry out subsection (b) of this section.''


                    Effective Date of 1998 Amendment

    Amendment by section 1335(e) of Pub. L. 105-277 effective Oct. 1, 
1999, see section 1301 of Pub. L. 105-277, set out as a note under 
section 6531 of Title 22.


                          Transfer of Functions

    United States Information Agency (other than Broadcasting Board of 
Governors and International Broadcasting Bureau) abolished and functions 
transferred to Secretary of State, see sections 6531 and 6532 of Title 
22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.
