BEST Act
USA117th CongressHR-1731| House
| Updated: 3/10/2021
Julia Brownley
Democratic Representative
California
Cosponsors (30)
Raúl M. Grijalva (Democratic)James R. Langevin (Democratic)Darren Soto (Democratic)Sheila Jackson Lee (Democratic)Derek Kilmer (Democratic)Ilhan Omar (Democratic)Juan Vargas (Democratic)Carolyn Bourdeaux (Democratic)Jimmy Panetta (Democratic)Dina Titus (Democratic)Melanie A. Stansbury (Democratic)Tony Cárdenas (Democratic)Lucille Roybal-Allard (Democratic)Jake Auchincloss (Democratic)Ro Khanna (Democratic)Alan S. Lowenthal (Democratic)Stephen F. Lynch (Democratic)David E. Price (Democratic)Anna G. Eshoo (Democratic)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)Salud O. Carbajal (Democratic)Cynthia Axne (Democratic)Janice D. Schakowsky (Democratic)James P. McGovern (Democratic)Michael F. Q. San Nicolas (Democratic)Marie Newman (Democratic)Deborah K. Ross (Democratic)Teresa Leger Fernandez (Democratic)Grace F. Napolitano (Democratic)Judy Chu (Democratic)
Education and Workforce Committee
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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.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Education
Academic performance and assessmentsEducation programs fundingElementary and secondary educationForeign language and bilingual programsIndian social and development programsMinority education
BEST Act
USA117th CongressHR-1731| House
| Updated: 3/10/2021
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.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Julia Brownley
Democratic Representative
California
Cosponsors (30)
Raúl M. Grijalva (Democratic)James R. Langevin (Democratic)Darren Soto (Democratic)Sheila Jackson Lee (Democratic)Derek Kilmer (Democratic)Ilhan Omar (Democratic)Juan Vargas (Democratic)Carolyn Bourdeaux (Democratic)Jimmy Panetta (Democratic)Dina Titus (Democratic)Melanie A. Stansbury (Democratic)Tony Cárdenas (Democratic)Lucille Roybal-Allard (Democratic)Jake Auchincloss (Democratic)Ro Khanna (Democratic)Alan S. Lowenthal (Democratic)Stephen F. Lynch (Democratic)David E. Price (Democratic)Anna G. Eshoo (Democratic)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)Salud O. Carbajal (Democratic)Cynthia Axne (Democratic)Janice D. Schakowsky (Democratic)James P. McGovern (Democratic)Michael F. Q. San Nicolas (Democratic)Marie Newman (Democratic)Deborah K. Ross (Democratic)Teresa Leger Fernandez (Democratic)Grace F. Napolitano (Democratic)Judy Chu (Democratic)
Education and Workforce Committee
Education
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- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Academic performance and assessmentsEducation programs fundingElementary and secondary educationForeign language and bilingual programsIndian social and development programsMinority education