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NewsBrief | March 5, 2020
Take Action to Support International Education, Judges Challenge Public Charge Rule, & Education Budget and English Learner Funding...
Alissa Rutkowski
Mar 5, 20201 min read
NewsBrief | February 27, 2020
BEST Act Introduced in Senate, Signing is Language Act: Expanding the Definition of "English Learner", & New State Advocacy Resources...
Alissa Rutkowski
Feb 27, 20201 min read
Title VI/Fulbright Hays Funding: Take Action to Support International Education!
DEADLINE: MARCH 9, 2020 Contact your Congressperson in Support of Increased Access to International Education! Click here to TAKE ACTION....
Alissa Rutkowski
Feb 26, 20201 min read
The BEST Act: Ask Your Senator To Cosponsor Seal of Biliteracy Legislation in the Senate (S.3328)
Contact your Senators today and ask that they cosponsor Seal of Bilitearcy legislation (S.3328)! Step 1: Find out who your House...
Alissa Rutkowski
Feb 25, 20202 min read
Sen. Brian Schatz (HI) Introduces BEST Act in the Senate (S.3328)
WASHINGTON, DC - Senate Brian Schatz (D-HI) introduced the Senate version of the Biliteracy Education Seal and Teaching (BEST) Act...
Alissa Rutkowski
Feb 25, 20201 min read
The World Language Advancement and Readiness Grant Program: Ask Congress to Fully Fund in FY21
The World Language Advancement and Readiness Grant Program: Ask Congress to Fully Fund in FY21
Alissa Rutkowski
Feb 21, 20202 min read
The ELEVATE Act: Ask your Representatives to co-sponsor H.R.4943 & S.2761 to Support ELs
Contact your House Representatives today and ask that they become a co-sponsor to H.R.4943, or the “ELEVATE Act."(ELEVATE stands for the...
Alissa Rutkowski
Feb 21, 20202 min read
NewsBrief | February 20, 2020
Urge Congress to Reject the President's Budget, Language Accessibility Concerns Hault City Project, & Red Carpet Interpreters Want future...
Alissa Rutkowski
Feb 20, 20201 min read
Alissa Rutkowski
Feb 19, 20201 min read
JNCL-NCLIS President-Elect Receives Prestigious Regional Award
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEW YORK, NY - Amanda Seewald, JNCL-NCLIS President-Elect, received the 2020 Nelson H. Brooks Award for Outstanding...
Alissa Rutkowski
Feb 18, 20201 min read
NewsBrief | February 13, 2020
Language Advocacy Day 2020 Success Preview, SYLLABLE Act to Support Access to Dual Language Immersion Programs, & NEST Act Offers...
Alissa Rutkowski
Feb 13, 20201 min read
2020 National Language Advocacy Award Recipients
WASHINGTON, DC - Every year JNCL-NCLIS and its members strive to recognize excellence, dedication and life-time leadership throughout the...
Alissa Rutkowski
Feb 13, 20204 min read
Managing Director, Trey Calvin, Announces His Departure from JNCL-NCLIS
It is with a bittersweet feeling that I announce my resignation as Managing Director from the Joint National Committee for Languages and...
Alissa Rutkowski
Feb 11, 20202 min read
The President’s Budget Defunds Department of Education, Humanities, State Department
Dear Colleagues, Today, President Trump released his Fiscal Year 2021 Budget Request. As in the past three years, it would cut or...
Bill Rivers
Feb 10, 20203 min read
Next Up for New K-12 Language Grant Program? Funding Question Looms in 2021.
WASHINGTON, DC — Now that Congress and the President have given the green light to the newest federal K-12 language grant program, 2020...
Alissa Rutkowski
Feb 10, 20202 min read
"Advocating for America's Languages" 2020 Capitol Hill Policy Briefing
RESOURCE: "Advocating for America's Languages" Briefing Book Getting To the CVC:
Alissa Rutkowski
Feb 3, 20201 min read
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