The book "Genius Denied." by Jan and Bob Davidson from the majority leaders home. the State of Nevada. chronicles how we are letting gifted students throughout the Nation fall through the cracks. wasting their potential. The BeliBlank Center in my home State of Iowa produced a report titled. "A Nation Deceived: How Schools Hold Back Americas Brightest Students." We must do a better job of developing American talent if America is to remain competitive in the global economy. Twice now. on the competitiveness bill and the immigration bill. I have proposed an amendment to provide an appropriate funding source for gifted and talented education. My proposal would increase the fee employers pay for HlB visas for highly skilled foreign workers to come to the United States and use that additional funding for the Jacob Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Act. H1B visas are temporary visas. Highly skilled foreign workers come to the United States. often working for less than Americans. and garner useful experience with American companies. Then. by the nature of the H1B program. they go home to use their talent in their native country. That is hardly a permanent solution to our need for talented workers. Doesnt it make sense to charge a fee to those investing in temporary talent from abroad and use it to invest in permanent talent for the future here at home?
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