2. • AAAS Study Commissioned by Congress:
“America's Languages: Investing in Language
Education in the 21st Century.”
• ACTFL launches the “Lead with Languages”
Campaign
• ESSA, Title IV, Part A Grants – Get Involved in
the Process
• Coding Legislation – An Urgent Call to Action
Agenda Panel
Marty Abbott ACTFL
Matthew Schlesinger
The Sheridan Group
Jill Allen Murray
The Sheridan Group
Trey Calvin ACTFL
4. Congressional Leaders
Senator Brian Schatz
Democrat – Hawaii
Senator Mark Kirk
Republican – Illinois
Senator Orrin Hatch
Republican – Utah
Senator Tammy Baldwin
Democrat – Wisconsin
CONGRESSIONAL REQUEST- AAAS STUDY
5.
6. • Increase the number of language teachers at all levels of education so
that every child in every state has the opportunity to learn a language in
addition to English.
• Supplement language instruction across the education system through
public-private partnerships among schools, government, philanthropies,
businesses and local community members.
• Support heritage languages already spoken in the United States, and
help these languages persist from one generation to the next.
• Provide targeted attention to Native American languages as defined in
the Native American Languages Act.
• Promote opportunities for students to learn languages in other countries
by experiencing other cultures and immersing themselves in multilingual
environments.
REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS
7.
8. WHAT ARE THE OBJECTIVES OF
LEAD WITH LANGUAGES?
Increase enrollment and language options in world
language programs at all grade levels
Strengthen and expand language programs and
their funding
Engage leaders from business, education,
government and other stakeholders
Build awareness among heritage
populations
20. ESSA and Title IV-AAction Items:
1. Contact the appropriate person or entity in your state and request that language learning is
encouraged in the SEA plan.
2. Go to the ACTFL Advocacy Page to send a letter to your Members of Congress requesting full
funding for Title IV-A.
If you’d like to take even more action, you can set up a meeting with your SEA to discuss SEA
plans or your Member of Congress’ office to advocate for full Title IV-A funding! This resource
on the ACTFL website will help you schedule these meetings and guide your conversations.
21. ESSA and Title IV-A Review
• ESSA Most recent authorization of the ESEA - shifts
authority over most education policy decisions from the
federal level to the state and local levels.
• Title IV-A of ESSA Establishes Student Support and
Academic Enrichment (SSAE) grants:
• Provide students with a “well-rounded education”
• Improve school conditions and health.
• Improve the use of technology in schools
22. ESSA and Title IV-A Review:
Timeline
April 28, 2017
• Expiration of continuing resolution currently funding the federal government
Sept. 18,
2017
• Second proposed date for SEA submission of plans to the U.S. Department of Education
April 3, 2017
• First proposed date for SEA submission of plans to the U.S. Department of Education
July 1,
2017
• Effective date for changes to formula programs under ESSA
23. ESSA and Title IV-A Review
• SEAs are in the process of developing their plans for submission to the U.S. Department of Education
in April or September.
• While SEA plans should not specifically allow or forbid specific programs, they can encourage LEAs to
focus on particular subject areas or programs.
• It is important for you to contact your SEA and advocate for the encouragement of world language
education in its plan.
• ASCD has prepared an interactive tool with information on individual state plans and the
stakeholder engagement processes.
• Many states have made draft plans available for public comment. For example:
• Maryland
• Michigan
• New Jersey
• North Carolina
24. Title IV-A Funding Update
• Authorization Level: $1.65 billion
• House Funding Level: $1 billion
• Senate Funding Level: $300 million
• Final Funding Level: ?
25. ESSA and Title IV-AAction Items:
1. Contact the appropriate person or entity in your state and request that language learning is
encouraged in the SEA plan.
2. Go to the ACTFL Advocacy Page to send a letter to your Members of Congress requesting full
funding for Title IV-A.
If you’d like to take even more action, you can set up a meeting with your SEA to discuss SEA
plans or your Member of Congress’ office to advocate for full Title IV-A funding! This resource
on the ACTFL website will help you schedule these meetings and guide your conversations.
26. ESSA Advocacy Tool Kit
NCSSFL Members
Map
http://ncssfl.org/
Find An Advocate
Every Student Succeeds
Act
A Guide to
Implementation
http://bit.ly/2cDCCFj
Webinar
27. Virginia
Coding Bills
• Allows Computer Science courses to count as
World Language credits
• An “either/or approach”
• Replaces one skill for the other
• Set up a Google Alert for your state
• Sign up for a legislation tracker
Michigan
Texas
Oklahoma
Maryland
28. Sign in if you have a
Gmail account. If you
don’t have a Gmail
account, you can just
start filling out the
Google Alert form.
STEP 2
Enter the search
terms you want the
Google Alert to
track, separated by
commas. You can
always edit later.
STEP 3
Choose the Type of
results you want
Google Alerts to find
and share with you.
STEP 4
Go to www.google.com/alerts/STEP 1
29. Suggested Search Terms:
• Seal of Biliteracy
• Foreign language
• World language
• Foreign language requirement
• Language learning
• ACTFL or American Council on the Teaching of
Foreign Languages
• Language immersion
• Coding and foreign language
• Every Student Succeeds Act [your state]
30. Choose how often
you’d like to receive
your Google Alerts.
(Recommended
x1/week)
STEP 5
Choose how many
results you want to
get.
(Recommended:
“only the best”)
STEP 6
Choose where you’d
like the Google
Alerts delivered.
STEP 7
STEP 8 Click the Create Alert
button and you’re done!
31. Sign Up For Your State’s Legislation Trackers
1. Google Search “[Your State]
[Chamber] Legislation
Tracker”
2. Remember, there are two
chambers (House and Senate)
3. Register to receive
notifications to your email
32. Your Action Items
Gold-Star Activist!
• Contact the appropriate person at your SEA
• Send a letter to your Members of Congress via the ACTFL Advocacy Page (2 minutes to send!)
• Create a Google Alert – check it weekly
Platinum Star Activist!
• Set up a meeting with you SEA
• Share your gold-star achievements on Twitter and Facebook #MoreTitleIV
