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This month, the Department of Defense Education Activity (DODEA) announced 14 FY24 World Language Advancement and Readiness Program (WLARP) grant awards totaling more than $18.6 million. This amount is far above the $10 million in appropriated funds from FY24, thanks to supplemental DODEA support. In this round, districts in 11 different states received three-year WLARP awards that ranged between $500,000 and $2 million. They will be able to use these funds to establish or expand existing innovative world language programs in a variety of languages, including German, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, and Spanish.
With this fourth round of annual grants, WLARP has now provided more than $68 million in funding to 31 different school districts spread across 18 states. Amanda Seewald, JNCL-NCLIS Executive Director shared, “JNCL celebrates the continued growth of programs funded by WLARP. We are thrilled that every applicant received funding in this round despite the limited appropriations of $10million for FY24. JNCL advocates continue to work to restore $15million in appropriations for FY25 and beyond.” LEARN MORE HERE! |
