On May 7, 2009, U.S. Senator Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI) reintroduced the National Foreign Language Coordination Act, with Senators Thad Cochran (R-MS), Christopher J. Dodd (D-CT), and Richard Durbin (D-IL) as cosponsors. The bill would create a National Foreign Language Coordination Council, directed by a National Language Advisor appointed by the President to develop and [...]

Students in Connecticut highs schools will be able to receive credits towards graduation for foreign language lessons they took in community or cultural programs.  If a student passes a state-approved test to prove proficiency, a student can earn up to four credits. Govener Jodi Rell signed the law Friday, June 6, 2008.

You are invited to attend a series of four moderated panel discussions that have been organized by Leo van Lier, Editor of The Modern Language Journal, and Heidi Byrnes, Associate Editor of Perspectives, in order to lay the ground work for a Perspectives special feature of the Modern Language Journal that [...]

This bill passed unanimously in the House of Representatives on June 5, 2007
This bill would authorize establishing a program to encourage U.S. students to study overseas. The purposes of this Act are–
1) to significantly enhance the global competitiveness and international knowledge base of the United States by ensuring that more United States students have the [...]