Basic Education

Basic EducationSec. 579. Of the funds appropriated by title II of this Act, not less than $326,500,000 shall be made available for basic education: Provided, That the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), shall submit a report not later than 120 days after enactment of this Act articulating a strategy for the use of basic education funds in Africa, East Asia and the Pacific, the Near East, South Asia, and the Western Hemisphere (excluding the United States) to include—(1) country strategies and brief project descriptions of the uses and proposed uses of all United States Government resources for basic education overseas;(2) a detailed description of the administrative structure currently in place to manage strategic coordination undertaken among the State Department, USAID and other agencies involved in international basic education activities; and(3) a description of actions being taken to expand the administrative capacity of both USAID and the State Department to deliver effective expanded basic education programs.