[EDLING:227] Palo Alto: Schools get 'surprise' $200,000 language grant

[Francis M. Hult]

Palo Alto Online

Schools get 'surprise' $200,000 language grant

Palo Alto Unified School District can expect to receive $201,418 in federal 
money to help increase foreign language instruction, U.S. Secretary of 
Education Margaret Spelling announced today -- surprising school officials.

They had applied for the grant a year ago but missed getting it by a half a 
point. They did not re-apply this year, but apparently the original application 
was kept open. 

The grant is part of the federal National Security Language Initiative intended 
to address the shortage of critical foreign language speakers. The initiative 
aims to boost the number of Americans studying Arabic, Chinese, Russian, Hindi, 
Farsi and others in programs from kindergarten through college.

Full story:
http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=5247