[Edling] USA - Language Education Wins in FY26 Minibus, WLARA Funding Increase

[Francis M. Hult via Edling]

Joint National Committee for Languages / National Council for Languages and
International Studies

Advocacy Delivers: Language Education Wins in FY26 Minibus, WLARA Funding
Increase

[T]he House and Senate Appropriations Committees released a four bill FY26
“minibus” appropriations bill that contains final compromise funding levels
for the Departments of Defense Labor, HHS, and Education. The great news is
that the World Language Advancement and Readiness Grants program at the
Department of Defense was not only preserved but received a 50% increase.
Additionally, key K-12 programs that the Trump Administration proposed for
elimination – including Title II-A (professional development), Title III
(English language acquisition), Title IV-A (flexible block grant), Native
Hawaiian Education and Alaska Native Education – were retained and all
would receive level funding over last year.  In higher education, Title
VI/Fulbright-Hays, which the Administration had also sought to defund, was
preserved but did sustain a $5 million cut. The Native American Language
Resource Center received a small increase. The House and Senate are
expected to move this package before January 30th, when the current
Continuing Resolution, which is keeping the government open, runs out.

Full text:
https://www.languagepolicy.org/post/advocacy-delivers-language-education-wins-in-fy26-minibus-wlara-funding-increase
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