119th Congress · introduced in the House · Feb 27, 2025
BEST Act
Official title from Congress.gov
Latest action (Feb 27, 2025): Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
View on Congress.govPolicy area: Education
Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in House (Feb 27, 2025)
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 and early language programs to recognize student proficiency in both English and a second language. Student proficiency shall be demonstrated through proficiency in speaking and writing in both languages and may also be demonstrated through reading and listening in both languages.
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.
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
No recorded roll calls on this bill in coverage.
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Academic performance and assessments · Education programs funding · Elementary and secondary education · Foreign language and bilingual programs · Indian social and development programs · Minority education
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NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES · lobbying firm or registrant: BERNSTEIN STRATEGY GROUP
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 22, 2026 · issue area: Education
$10,000
Paid to lobbying firm
HR 1572 -- World LEAP Act HR 1660 -- Biliteracy Educational Seal and Teaching Act
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES · lobbying firm or registrant: BERNSTEIN STRATEGY GROUP
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 17, 2025 · issue area: Education
$10,000
Paid to lobbying firm
HR 1572 -- World LEAP Act HR 1660 -- Biliteracy Educational Seal and Teaching Act
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES · lobbying firm or registrant: BERNSTEIN STRATEGY GROUP
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 14, 2025 · issue area: Education
$10,000
Paid to lobbying firm
HR 1572 -- World LEAP Act HR 1660 -- Biliteracy Educational Seal and Teaching Act
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES · lobbying firm or registrant: BERNSTEIN STRATEGY GROUP
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 2, 2025 · issue area: Education
$10,000
Paid to lobbying firm
HR 1572 -- World LEAP Act HR 1660 -- Biliteracy Educational Seal and Teaching Act
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing