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ACTION ALERT The House and Senate Appropriations Committees have now approved separate versions of Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) education and defense funding, and they remain very far apart on spending levels. With a simple click of a button, you can tell your Members of Congress to protect language education program funding in the final FY25 Labor HHS Education and Defense Appropriations bills. If enacted, the House bill’s proposed elimination of Title II-A and Title III would remove all specially directed funding for the more than 5 million English Learners in this country and delete the federal government’s largest investment in professional development for K-12 teachers and school leaders. Similarly, the Senate’s proposed $5 million cut to WLARA would significantly pare back federal investments in innovative world language programs at military-connected public schools. The good news is that we have time to push back on these devastating budget cuts. Congress is likely to push off final spending decisions until after the November elections. Let’s use this time to educate Congress on the value and importance of these critical language education programs!
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