Bill > HR4491

This bill, the Advancing International and Foreign Language Education Act, aims to reauthorize and strengthen Title VI of the Higher Education Act of 1965, which focuses on international and foreign language education programs. The key provisions include: - Expanding the eligibility criteria for graduate and undergraduate language and area studies centers to include the beginning, intermediate, or advanced study of a foreign language related to the area of specialization. - Creating a new "International Research and Innovation" section that authorizes the Secretary of Education to conduct research, studies, and innovative projects to assess and strengthen international education capacity, coordination, delivery, and outcomes. - Revising the "Global Business and Professional Education Programs" to support strategies that provide undergraduate and graduate students with global professional competencies, perspectives, and skills needed to strengthen global engagement and competitiveness in various professional and technical fields. - Repealing the assistance program for the Institute for International Public Policy and providing priority and technical assistance to minority-serving institutions for grants under this title. - Authorizing $125 million annually for these programs, with adjustments for inflation. Overall, the bill aims to bolster international and foreign language education, research, and innovation to better prepare students and the U.S. workforce for the global economy and national interests.

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