Jeff Hutcheson, Director of Advocacy and Public Policy at TESOL International Association, has organized a call to action focused on appropriations for the 2024 congressional budget. Specifically, TESOL is asking congress to fully fund educational programs that provide support for multilingual students in K-12, adult education, and higher education. One particular area of concern is protecting Title III of ESEA, which is among the potential cuts to the 2024 budget. You can learn more about this and other TESOL advocacy priorities here.

Please consider sending a message to your representative using the TESOL Advocacy Action Center tool, which appears on the right hand side of the page linked above. There, you will find a draft of an email that you can update to share your own stories from your context or choose to simply send as-is. When you include your contact information below the message, the tool will automatically identify your representatives and send the message on your behalf.

Please share this information with your networks. As you know, funding multilingual education ensures that our programs can continue to meet the needs of students in our area and around the country.