In a week marked by a high-profile meeting between President Bush and China's President Hu Jintao, the College Board signed an agreement with the government of China intended to boost the numbers of Chinese-language teachers in American public schools through teaching exchanges, professional-development programs, and new instructional materials. The agreement, announced April 19, 2006, is expected to help build Chinese-language programs in some 2,000 public schools over the next five years. Currently, only a few hundred schools in the K-12 sector offer instruction in the language. ("Students Taking Spanish, French; Leaders Pushing Chinese Arabic," March 29, 2006) Under the agreement, 150 guest leaders from China will teach in U.S. schools over the next several years. Some 300 American teachers will receive financial support and other resources to pursue certification for teaching Chinese, and several hundred others will have the chance to travel to China to learn more about the language, and culture.