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Students who may not have been able to afford to study abroad in a variety of study abroad locations due to financial difficulties may now have the opportunity to do just this thanks to a new bill that honors late Illinois senator Paul Simon.
It’s called the Paul Simon Study Abroad Act, and it was passed in the House of Representatives by a vote of 235-187. President Barack Obama has promised to sign the bill once it is placed before him.
Not only will this study abroad act increase the number of students who will be able to study abroad in the future, but it will also:
- Double the size of the Peace Corps
- Provide study abroad scholarships for students around the world to join study abroad USA programs
- Increase the number of U.S. Department of State’s educational and cultural exchange programs
- Allow for the hiring of over 1,500 foreign service officers over the next 2 years
- Increase the State Department’s ability to train and recruit foreign service officers
- Require the president to issue a report to Congress that helps serve the needs of the U.S. scientific and research communities
It looks like the Paul Simon Study Abroad Act might just be the answer for all students who wish to study abroad. Let’s wish it luck as it heads to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee!
Source: Say Campus Life
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June 16th, 2009 at 3:06 pm
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June 25th, 2009 at 2:46 am
you are right. student can afford to study abroad in a variety of study abroad locations.Because the Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Act, which has a goal of sending one million US students abroad annually in a decade’s time was recently passed in the U.S. House of Representatives as part of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, legislation aimed at enhancing US foreign policy efforts. abroad more accessible to all.