Tag: senate
Congress Urged to Fund Childcare
“At a moment when Americans are struggling just to get by amid the worst inflation in decades, the Senate is moving forward with a reconciliation framework that excludes any investment to address the largest...
Cherokee Linguist Honored by Senate Act and Center
U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), vice chair of the committee, have introduced the Durbin Feeling Native American Languages Act of...
Senate Considers Reclassification for ELL’s
The senate is considering updating the criteria for reclassification for English Language Learners (ELL’s) in the state of California with Senate bill 463. When...
Colorado Senate Embraces Seal of Biliteracy
On the day after Valentine's Day, Colorado’s bilingual advocates received a belated gift from their state senate. The Republican-controlled senate voted in favor of Senate Bill 17-123, the Colorado Seal of Biliteracy by a...
Write to the US Senate to Protect World Language Education
The Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee of the United States Senate has released a draft of the new Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), which drops the Foreign Language Assistance Act entirely and...
CA Senate Committee Recommends Restoring Bilingual Education
California’s Senate Education Committee has recommended that the state’s voters be asked to repeal Proposition 227, the 1998 initiative requiring public school instruction in English.
The California Ed.G.E. (Education for a Global Economy) Initiative (Language...
Alaska Senate Passes Native Language Bill
The Alaska Senate voted this morning to make each of Alaska’s native languages, official languages of the state.
Twenty-one indigenous languages, including :Iñupiaq, Siberian Yupik, Central Alaskan Yup'ik, Alutiiq, Unangax?, Dena'ina, Deg Xinag,...