Languages in National Policy Reform

1. J. David Edwards, Ph.D., Executive Director Ashley L. Lenker, Program Manager www.languagepolicy.org

2. Where we go from here Languages in National Policy Reform

3. Spend quickly to save and create jobs Ensure transparency and accountability Thoughtfully invest one-time funds Advance effective reforms to improve student achievement ARRA: Guiding Principles

4. College- and career-ready standards and high-quality, valid, and reliable assessments for all students, including ELLs and students with disabilities Pre-K to higher education data systems that meet the principles in the America COMPETES Act Teacher effectiveness and equitable distribution of effective teachers Intensive support and effective interventions for lowest performing schools Advance Core Reforms: Assurances

5. Competitive Grants • $4.35 billion discretionary fund • Two phases: January 19, 2010 & June 1, 2010 • NO child can reach the top without a second language! Anna M. Munson, ARRA Audio Conference Race to the Top

6. State Success Factors Standards and Assessments Data Systems to Support Instruction Great Teachers and Leaders Turning Around the Lowest Achieving Schools General Selection Criteria Absolute Priority: Comprehensive Approach to Education Reform Competitive Preference Priority: STEM Invitational Priority: Innovations for Improving Early Learning Outcomes Invitational Priority: Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems Invitational Priority: P-20 Coordination Invitational Priority: School Level Conditions for Reform, Innovation, and Learning Race to the Top: Selection Criteria & Priorities

7. JNCL-NCLIS website: • http://www.languagepolicy.org/legislation/index.html#ARRA • Department of Education: • http://www.ed.gov/recovery • Partnership for 21st Century Skills • ASCD: • http://www.ascd.org/public_policy/Education_Stimulus_Resources.aspx Additional ARRA Resources

8. Building on what we have Current National Language Policies

9. National Security Language Initiative (NSLI) National Security Education Program (NSEP) Higher Education Act (HEA) reauthorization & Title VI/Fulbright-Hays Foreign Language Assistance Program (FLAP) Appropriations Current National Language Policies

10. National Security Language Initiative

11. K-16 Flagship Programs • Portland Public Schools, University of Oregon – Chinese • Ohio Public Schools, Ohio State University – Chinese • Dearborn Public Schools, Michigan State University - Arabic National Security Education Program (NSEP)

12. General provisions: college costs, loan accountability, textbook costs, opportunities for minorities, veterans, and students with disabilities, campus safety, energy efficiency, and competitiveness; Broad definition of “critical foreign language” in Title I, General Principles, as suggested by JNCL-NCLIS; New competitive grant program for math, science, technology, and critical foreign languages to serve as adjunct content specialists to support teachers in Title II, Teacher Quality Enhancement; Provisions for loan forgiveness for teachers in high need areas, including foreign languages, in Title IV, Student Assistance; Foreign languages as an “area of national need” in Title VII, Graduate and Post Secondary Improvement Programs; Increased and improved linkages and outreach for foreign languages and international studies to public and private sectors, cooperation with math, sciences, and technology, increased study abroad, and reinstated FLAS fellowship eligibility in Title VI; Creation of a new Deputy Assistant Secretary for International and Foreign Language Education in Title IX, the Department of Education Organization Act Higher Education Act Reauthorization

13. Foreign Language Assistance Program

14. Foreign Language Assistance Program

15. The Bush Administration originally zero-funded a number of the programs dealing with languages and international education FLAP will gain $600,000 totaling $26.3 million Title VI and Fulbright-Hays gain $9.8 million (to $118.8 million) FIPSE: $133.7 million America COMETES STEM grants: $1.1 million each Funding increases for research and development, Byrd honors scholarships and Javits Fellowships, & grants to LEAs NEH receives a $10 million increase ($155 million) Department of State programs (Educational and Cultural Exchange, Peace Corp, Inter-American Foundation, and the National Endowment for Democracy) all receive increased funding NSEP would receive $36.7M under the DoD/ODNI request Omnibus Appropriations Act FY 2009:

16. Overall, foreign language and international education programs would remain stable • Many programs were level-funded: • FLAP $26.3 million (President &House), Senate increases to $28 million • 21st Century Learning Centers: $1.1 billion (level-funded by President & Senate), House would increase $50 million • Teacher Quality Partnership: $50 million (President), House & Senate slightly decrease • STEM: $1.1 million each for baccalaureate & master’s programs, House eliminates • Several programs were proposed to be eliminated by the Administration • Even Start (House maintains, Senate eliminates), Javits Gifted and Talented Education (level funded in Congress), Civic Education (House & Senate level fund), and TEACH grants • President requested increases for: • Early Reading First to $162.5 million (House requests smaller increase, Senate decreases to $30 million) • Charter School Grants to $268 million by President, House & Senate recommend $256 million • Federal Pell ($19.4 billion to $28.7 billion) , House & Senate would decrease to $17.8 & $17.5 billion • SMART Grants($960 million to $1 billion by all three) • National Endowment for the Humanities (final) increased by $12.5 million to $167.5 million in the Department of the Interior • Educational and Cultural Exchange would receive increases by President, House and Senate between $600 and $635 million in the Department of State Budget Recommendations FY2010

17. Moving forward Future National Language Policies

18. Foreign Language Education Partnership Program (Rep. Holt, H.R. 4065) National Foreign Language Coordination Act of 2009 (Sen. Akaka, S.1010) Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Foundation Act (S.473, H.R.2410) Assistant Secretary of International and Foreign Language Education? Reauthorization of Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)? Pending Legislation & Future Policies

19. Where do languages fit in the big picture? • Continuing current policies • New Administration • Department of Education/Secretary Duncan • Social/systemic reform vs. Substantive reform • Bottom line: Getting the political support we need will depend upon our political involvement and commitment. Languages in national policy reform

20. Contact Information Dr. J. David Edwards, Executive Director info@languagepolicy.org Ashley L. Lenker, Program Manager programs@languagepolicy.org Sandra Gillis, Office Manager info@languagepolicy.org JNCL-NCLIS 4646 40th Street NW Suite 310 Washington, DC 20016 (202)-966-8477 www.languagepolicy.org