On July 31st, the Senate Appropriations Committee debated and approved its version of the FY26 Labor HHS Education Appropriations and Defense bills, clearing them for floor action after Congress’s August recess.

Today, after weeks of pressure from educators, including much advocacy work from JNCL-NCLIS advocates alongside educational partners, Democratic and Republican members of Congress, state Governors and Attorney Generals, the Trump Administration announced that it would release $5.5 billion in Fiscal Year 2025 K-12 and adult education funding that it had withheld from allocating to states for more than three weeks.

The Department of Education and the White House Office of Management and Budget continues to withhold $5.5 billion in Congressionally...

Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), the Labor HHS Education Appropriations Co-Chair and Co-Chair of the America’s Language Caucus led...

The Supreme Court's decision to allow the President and the Secretary of Education to fire nearly half of the Department of Education’s expert staff will have terrible consequences for our country.

Today, 24 states filed suit in federal district court in Rhode Island against the Department of Education, the Office of Management and Budget, and the President for failing to allocate more than $6 billion Fiscal Year 2025 education funds on July 1st.

On July 10th, Democratic leaders in both the House and Senate sent formal letters to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the...

Major detriment to education nationwide. The day before states were supposed to receive the first tranche of their FY25 K-12 education...

Less than a week before July 1st, the date on which states are supposed to receive the first tranche if their FY25 K-12 education funds,...

The JNCL-NCLIS Student Advocate Blog provides the opportunity for American students to share their perspectives on the importance of...

On Friday, the White House Office of Management and Budget released a topline budget for Fiscal Year 2026 that would slash funding for many language education programs.

Concerned with reports that the U.S. Department of Education is considering diverting at least some of the $2.19 billion in professional...

The Joint National Committee for Languages – National Council for Languages and International Studies (JNCL-NCLIS) strongly objects to...

Senate Averts Federal Government Shutdown, Passes FY25 Full Year Continuing Resolution. It now goes to the President, who will sign it.

This is a statement opposing the executive order to make English the official language of the U.S.

Rep. Julia Brownley (D-CA) reintroduced the JNCL-NCLIS-endorsed Biliteracy Education Seal and Teaching (BEST) Act (H.R. 1660).