Saudi Educational Transparency and Reform Act

The Saudi Educational Transparency and Reform Act would require the U.S. Department of State to provide annual reports to Congress regarding the content of textbooks and instructional materials published by Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Education. These reports would specifically monitor whether materials used in Saudi schools or exported abroad contain language that promotes violence or intolerance toward religious groups.

The bill aims to increase oversight of international educational standards to ensure that foreign curricula do not encourage extremism. For citizens, this legislation represents an effort to use diplomatic transparency to address the root causes of radicalization and to track the Saudi government’s progress in fulfilling its public commitments to educational reform.