A bill to amend the Bilingual Education Act.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Amends the Bilingual Education Act to revise provisions for personnel training. Requires that such training be designed to develop knowledge of cultural groups of persons of limited English proficiency. Permits bilingual education training institutes to be located outside the United States if the program would be made more effective by being conducted in a country whose inhabitants speak the language being studied. Requires that, in the awarding of fellowships for study in the field of training teachers for bilingual education, favorable consideration be given to individuals intending to study bilingual education in the following specialized areas: vocational education, adult education, gifted and talented education, special education, education technology, literacy, and mathematics and science education. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to and contracts with eligible applicants for special projects. Provides that such special projects may be activities designed to: (1) promote bilingual education programs in the specialized areas listed in the preceding paragraph; or (2) evaluate the progress of children of limited English proficiency in achieving competence in…