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<div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">Statement on the President’s FY14 Budget</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif"> </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">
April 12, 2013</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif"> </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">US Department of Education: </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">
The Joint National Committee for Languages </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">welcomes the </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">President’s FY2014 budget, and applauds the efforts to restore funding to the </div>
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Foreign </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">Language</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif"> </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">Education</div>
<div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif"> </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">(IFLE) programs of the US Department of Education. </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">
JNCL</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">-</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">NCLIS</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif"> </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">
notes, however,</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif"> </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">that the additional $6.9m in </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">
funding</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif"> </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">requested</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif"> </div>
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<div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">significant and nationally important education research </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">continues</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">
</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">to go without funding, as several </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">of the </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">
constituent</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif"> </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">programs of IFLE remain zeroed out. </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">
JNCL</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">-</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">NCLIS</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif"> </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">
continues to call for </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">robust</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif"> </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">
funding of the nation’s primary program at the higher education level for foreign language and </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">international </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">
education</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">.</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif"> </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">JNCL</div>
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</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">Assistance Program was not reinstated in </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">the FY14 budget, and notes that the $75m request for the Well Rounded </div>
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<div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">Education Agencies falls more than $400m short of the six grant program</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">s it would replace. </div>
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</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">opposes this request and continues to advocate for restoration of the full $25m funding for </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">
the </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">Foreign</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif"> </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">Language</div>
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<div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif"> </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">US Department of </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">Defense</div>
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<div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">Security</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif"> </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">Education Office is $180,000</div>
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<div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">and more than $9m </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">below the FY12 level. </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">
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is concerned that this reduction will adversely impact the ability </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">of DLNSEO to prosecute its mission, and may lead to reduced funding for the Boren program, the </div>
<div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">Flagship program, Project GO, and for the policy and oversight work of DLSNEO. </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">JNCL</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">
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es that the shift to the Pacific in DoD </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">priorities</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif"> </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">
as well as the need to focus on other strategic </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">missions as the US shifts away from Southwest Asia will drive additional language requirements for </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">
DoD, and that DLNSEO needs to be resourced for this shift.</div><br><br>Joint National Committee for Languages </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13.28px;font-family:monospace">·</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13.28px;font-family:sans-serif">
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<div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">Statement on the President’s FY14 Budget</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif"> </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">
April 12, 2013</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif"> </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">US Department of Education: </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">
The Joint National Committee for Languages </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">welcomes the </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">President’s FY2014 budget, and applauds the efforts to restore funding to the </div>
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Foreign </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">Language</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif"> </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">Education</div>
<div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif"> </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">(IFLE) programs of the US Department of Education. </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">
JNCL</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">-</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">NCLIS</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif"> </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">
notes, however,</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif"> </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">that the additional $6.9m in </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">
funding</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif"> </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">requested</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif"> </div>
<div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">for FY14, bringing the total request </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">to $80m, is still more than 40% below the FY10 level of $125m for these vital programs. Moreover, </div>
<div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">significant and nationally important education research </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">continues</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">
</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">to go without funding, as several </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">of the </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">
constituent</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif"> </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">programs of IFLE remain zeroed out. </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">
JNCL</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">-</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">NCLIS</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif"> </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">
continues to call for </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">robust</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif"> </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">
funding of the nation’s primary program at the higher education level for foreign language and </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">international </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">
education</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">.</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif"> </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">JNCL</div>
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</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">is disappointed that the Foreign </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">Language</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">
</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">Assistance Program was not reinstated in </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">the FY14 budget, and notes that the $75m request for the Well Rounded </div>
<div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">Curriculum</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif"> </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">grants to State </div>
<div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">Education Agencies falls more than $400m short of the six grant program</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">s it would replace. </div>
<div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">JNCL</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">-</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">NCLIS</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">
</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">opposes this request and continues to advocate for restoration of the full $25m funding for </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">
the </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">Foreign</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif"> </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">Language</div>
<div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif"> </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">Assistance Program. </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif"> </div>
<div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif"> </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">US Department of </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">Defense</div>
<div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">:</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif"> </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">JNCL</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">
-</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">NCLIS</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif"> </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">notes that the $58m request for the Defense </div>
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Washington, DC 20016</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13.28px;font-family:sans-serif"> </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13.28px;font-family:sans-serif">202</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13.28px;font-family:sans-serif">
-</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13.28px;font-family:sans-serif">966</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13.28px;font-family:sans-serif">-</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13.28px;font-family:sans-serif">8477</div>
<div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13.28px;font-family:sans-serif"> </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13.28px;font-family:sans-serif"><a href="http://www.languagepolcy.org">www.languagepolcy.org</a></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13.28px;font-family:sans-serif">
</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13.28px;font-family:sans-serif"> </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13.28px;font-family:sans-serif"> </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">Department of State:</div>
<div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif"> </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">JNCL</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">-</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">
NCLIS</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif"> </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">is alarmed by the 6.6</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">
% reduction in the funding for </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">international exchanges in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">
</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">from FY13 levels, from </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">602</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">
m</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif"> </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">to </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">562</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">
m</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">. </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">International</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif"> </div>
<div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">exchanges, including programs for US students to study abroad, are a </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">bedrock component of our education in foreign languages, and are invaluable as a tool of </div>
<div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">informal</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif"> </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">diplomacy. </div>
<div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">JNCL</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">-</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">NCLIS</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">
</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif">calls for the full funding of the programs of the ECA at FY13 leve</div>l<br><br><a href="http://www.languagepolicy.org/documents/JNCL%20Position%20on%20President%27s%20FY14%20budget%20FINAL.pdf">http://www.languagepolicy.org/documents/JNCL%20Position%20on%20President%27s%20FY14%20budget%20FINAL.pdf</a><br>
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