22 USC 2228 - International Muslim Youth Opportunity Fund

U.S Code last checked for updates: Nov 22, 2024

§ 2228.

International Muslim Youth Opportunity Fund

(a)

Purpose

The purpose of this section is to strengthen the public educational systems in predominantly Muslim countries by—

(1)

authorizing the establishment of an International Muslim Youth Educational Fund through which the United States dedicates resources, either through a separate fund or through an international organization, to assist those countries that commit to education reform; and

(2)

providing resources for the Fund and to the President to help strengthen the public educational systems in those countries.

(b)

Establishment of Fund

(1)

Authority

(2)

Location

The Fund may be established—

(A)

as a separate fund in the Treasury; or

(B)

through an international organization or international financial institution, such as the United Nations Educational, Science and Cultural Organization, the United Nations Development Program, or the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

(3)

Transfers and receipts

(4)

Activities of the Fund

The Fund shall support programs described in this paragraph to improve the education environment in predominantly Muslim countries.

(A)

Assistance to enhance modern educational programs

(i)

The establishment in predominantly Muslim countries of a program of reform to create a modern education curriculum in the public educational systems in such countries.

(ii)

The establishment or modernization of educational materials to advance a modern educational curriculum in such systems.

(iii)

Teaching English to adults and children.

(iv)

The enhancement in predominantly Muslim countries of community, family, and student participation in the formulation and implementation of education strategies and programs in such countries.

(B)

Assistance for training and exchange programs for teachers, administrators, and students

(i)

The establishment of training programs for teachers and educational administrators to enhance skills, including the establishment of regional centers to train individuals who can transfer such skills upon return to their countries.

(ii)

The establishment of exchange programs for teachers and administrators in predominantly Muslim countries and with other countries to stimulate additional ideas and reform throughout the world, including teacher training exchange programs focused on primary school teachers in such countries.

(iii)

The establishment of exchange programs for primary and secondary students in predominantly Muslim countries and with other countries to foster understanding and tolerance and to stimulate long-standing relationships.

(C)

Assistance targeting primary and secondary students

(i)

The establishment in predominantly Muslim countries of after-school programs, civic education programs, and education programs focusing on life skills, such as inter-personal skills and social relations and skills for healthy living, such as nutrition and physical fitness.

(ii)

The establishment in predominantly Muslim countries of programs to improve the proficiency of primary and secondary students in information technology skills.

(D)

Assistance for development of youth professionals

(i)

The establishment of programs in predominantly Muslim countries to improve vocational training in trades to help strengthen participation of Muslims and Arabs in the economic development of their countries.

(ii)

The establishment of programs in predominantly Muslim countries that target older Muslim youths not in school in such areas as entrepreneurial skills, accounting, micro-finance activities, work training, financial literacy, and information technology.

(E)

Other types of assistance

(i)

The translation of foreign books, newspapers, reference guides, and other reading materials into local languages.

(ii)

The construction and equipping of modern community and university libraries.

(5)

Authorization of appropriations

(A)

In general

(B)

Availability

(C)

Additional funds

(6)

Report to Congress

(7)

Appropriate congressional committees defined

(Pub. L. 108–458, title VII, § 7114, Dec. 17, 2004, 118 Stat. 3798; Pub. L. 110–53, title XX, § 2012, Aug. 3, 2007, 121 Stat. 509.)

cite as: 22 USC 2228