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IMPORTANT!!  ESL / Bilingual Directors Call To Action

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IMPORTANT!!  ESL / Bilingual Directors Call To Action

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Policy Brief - Title III for NABE June 2025.pdf

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215K reactions · 10K shares | Breaking: We’re filing suit to protect $165m in education funding for NC. | Jeff Jackson

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IDRA: 10 Tips for Speaking with Reporters

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IDRA: 10 Tips for Speaking with Reporters

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How to Get Media Coverage for Advocacy - IDRA Southern Education Equity Network

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In the advocacy space, there are many opportunities to chat with the local, state and national media about your movement, topic or subject area you know about. Having news articles, television interviews, and other media opportunities is a great way to broadcast your message and broaden your scope of interested people.

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Checklist ESL / Director Title III Advocacy on Delayed Funds

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Checklist ESL / Director Title III Advocacy on Delayed Funds

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TEA - Guide to Collecting & Reporting Title III Data

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TEA - Guide to Collecting & Reporting Title III Data

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Sample Letters English/Spanish Teacher/ Parent Community Member

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Sample Letters English/Spanish Teacher/ Parent Community Member

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2025 07 20 Title_III_Bilingual_Advocacy_Teacher Parent script email.pdf

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07/17/25 FW report: FWISD mentoring, college readiness programs at risk after feds delay $6.8B

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07/17/25 FW report: FWISD mentoring, college readiness programs at risk after feds delay $6.8B

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FWISD mentoring, college readiness programs at risk after feds delay $6.8B

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The freeze affects Fort Worth-area school districts’ funding for wraparound services, teacher training and English learner programs.

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Texas Schools Resource - Master Materials

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EdWeek 06/30/25: Trump Tells States He's Holding Back $6.8 Billion for Schools

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EdWeek 06/30/25: Trump Tells States He's Holding Back $6.8 Billion for Schools

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The Trump administration is holding back nearly $6.8 billion in federal funding for K-12 schools it was scheduled to dole out July 1, Education Department staff told state education agencies on Monday afternoon-the day before the funding, by law, was required to start flowing.

Thousands of school districts and dozens of states that had banked on those funds to cover staff salaries, vendor contracts, curriculum materials, technology tools, and other priorities will now have to consider slashing student services-including some mandated by federal law-or tapping other funding sources if the federal money doesn't show up on time or at all.

Each year on July 1, by law, states receive the bulk of the federal education money Congress allocated for the upcoming K-12 school year. This year's allocations were supposed to roughly mirror last year's, after Congress passed a continuing resolution in March that extended the previous year's funding levels government-wide.

But in an unsigned email message sent after 2 p.m. Monday reviewed by Education Week, the Education Department informed states that the agency won't be sending states any money tomorrow from the following programs:

Title I-C for migrant education ($375 million)

Title II-A for professional development ($2.2 billion)

Title III-A for English-learner services ($890 million)

Title IV-A for academic enrichment ($1.3 billion)

Title IV-B for before- and after-school programs ($1.4 billion)

"Decisions have not been made concerning submissions and awards for this upcoming academic year," the email reads. "Accordingly, the Department will not be issuing Grant Award Notifications obligating funds for these programs on July 1 prior to completing that review."

The White House last month proposed a 2026 federal budget that would eliminate all five of those education funding streams, but Congress has not yet acted on that proposal. In effect, today's move reflects the Trump administration advancing its budget priorities a year early, before Congress has considered them.

In a separate email sent at 4:27 p.m., the department told congressional staffers that it's holding back funds from all the programs listed above, as well as grants for adult basic and literacy education ($729 million nationwide). Questions about the changes, the letter says, must go to the Office of Management and Budget, not the Education Department.

"The department is currently referring all questions from the hill, states, and stakeholders related to these programs to our OMB colleagues," wrote Brandy Brown, deputy assistant secretary of K-12 education in the Education Department's office of legislation and congressional affairs.

As with its fiscal 2026 budget proposal, the Trump administration's moves to withhold the nearly $6.8 billion appear to have spared the two largest Education Department funding streams for K-12 schools: Title I-A for low-income students ($18.4 billion) and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ($15.6 billion).

Still, states need the funding to flow on schedule, said Carissa Moffat Miller, CEO of the Council of Chief State School Officers, in a statement.

"Schools need these funds to hire key staff and educate students this summer and in the upcoming school year," Miller wrote.

The Education Department on Monday afternoon referred questions from Education Week to the federal Office of Management and Budget, which didn't immediately respond to requests for comment.

Speculation mounted in recent weeks that funding would be disrupted

The news that the funds wouldn't go out July 1 comes after weeks of mounting speculation and hints from top officials that the Trump administration would hold back, or "impound," funding from programs the president doesn't support.

State leaders and advocacy organizations sounded the alarm in letters to the Education Department and Congress in recent weeks after routine federal dispatches with funding allocations for Titles I-C, II-A, III-A, and IV-B never showed up. Those four programs alone make up more than 10% of federal spending on K-12 schools in 33 states, according to the Learning Policy Institute.

Lawsuits are likely to follow, as they have for similar funding changes the administration implemented earlier this year.

Federal law prohibits the executive branch from withholding congressionally appropriated funds unless it gives federal lawmakers an opportunity to approve or reject the move within 45 days.

The U.S. Constitution gives Congress, not the president, the power of the purse-but top administration official Russell Vought, whom Trump appointed to lead the Office of Management and Budget, has said he believes restrictions on impoundment are unconstitutional. On Capitol Hill last week, Vought said the administration hadn't decided whether to ask Congress for permission to impound education funding.

The administration so far this year has already withheld billions of federal dollars for education and other priorities across the government. Only a fraction of those cuts-and virtually none that affected K-12 education-were included in the administration's first rescissions proposal, which Congress has until July 18 to consider.

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Trump Tells States He's Holding Back $6.8 Billion for Schools

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Schools nationwide won't see funding earmarked for English learners, migrant students, professional development, and more.

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Language access isn’t just courtesy- it’s civil right

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Language access isn’t just courtesy- it’s civil right

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Language access isn’t just a courtesy—it’s a civil right

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When parents can’t access educational services in their native language, children often fall into the role of ad hoc interpreter.

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Michael A. DiNapoli Jr. Director of Federal Policy

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States Face Uncertainty as an Estimated $6.2 Billion in K–12 Funding Remains Unreleased: Here’s the Fiscal Impact by State

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States face uncertainty as $6.2 billion in K–12 federal funding remains unreleased. If the U.S. Department of Education doesn’t distribute these funds by July 1, state educational agencies will need plans to help mitigate disruption to essential programs.

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$6.8 Billion in Federal Funds Have Been Denied to Public Schools, Including Programs for English Learners 

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$6.8 Billion in Federal Funds Have Been Denied to Public Schools, Including Programs for English Learners 

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Dr. Lizdelia Pinon - Education Associate

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Dr. Lizdelia Pinon - Education Associate

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IDRA - Intercultural Development Research Association

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Lizdelia Piñón, Ed.D., is IDRA’s education associate with more than 20 years of experience in bilingual and ESL education in both K-12 as well as higher education. She has worked as a bilingual/ESL teacher, university instructor and graduate research assistant in education. Her areas of expertise in…

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The Intercultural Development Research Association is an independent, non-profit organization. Our mission is to achieve equal educational opportunity for every child through strong public schools that prepare all students to access and succeed in college. IDRA strengthens and transforms public education by providing dynamic training; useful research, evaluation, and frameworks for action; timely policy analyses; and innovative materials and programs.

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Throughout its history IDRA has been a vocal advocate for the right of every student to equality of educational opportunity. IDRA was founded in 1973 by Dr. José A. Cárdenas, then was directed by Dr. María "Cuca" Robledo Montecel. Today, IDRA is directed by Celina Moreno, J.D. IDRA fulfills its mission through professional development, research and evaluation, policy and leadership development, and programs and materials development.

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The Intercultural Development Research Association is an independent, non-profit organization. Our mission is to achieve equal educational opportunity for every child through strong public schools that prepare all students to access and succeed in college.