FL funding through FLAP (U.S. government support for K-12 FL education programs)

[Scott McGinnis]

FLAP = Foreign Language Asssistance Program -- as in support for K-12 FL
education programs. As the original e-mail suggested, go to the JNCL-NCLIS
website under the FLAP link for further information.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-councilofficers-news at Glue.umd.edu
[mailto:owner-councilofficers-news at Glue.umd.edu]On Behalf Of ysaura
bernal-enriquez
Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 3:41 PM
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Subject: Re: FYI: Update RE: FL funding through FLAP (U.S. government
support for K-12 FL education programs)


Please tell me what does FLAP stand for. Does it have to do with protecting
language rights?
Ysaura

--On Friday, July 20, 2001, 1:04 PM -0400 Scott McGinnis
<smcginnis at nflc.org> wrote:

>
> Greetings, all,
>
> From J. David Edwards at the Joint National Committee for Languages --
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John David Edwards [mailto:info at languagepolicy.org]
> Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 12:35 PM
> To: Jeff Magoto; AATSEEL; AATSP; Alexander Dunkel; Angela Griffith; Ann
> Tollefson; Anne B. Thibodeau; Anne Fountain; Anne Olafson; Arnhilda
> Badia; Audrey Cournia; Becky Kline; Bernadette Morris; Bettina Myers;
> Bill Rivers; Bob Slater (E-mail); C. Edward Scebold; Calhoun Winton; Carl
> Herrin; Carol Conway; Carol Klein; Carolyn Hansen; Cathie Hodges;
> chapter at aslta.org; Charles Amorosino; Christine Brown; Christine Sleeper;
> Christophe Rethore; Christopher Kleinhenz; ckendall at pilot.msu.edu; Clara
> Krug; Claudia Ross; Dan E. Davidson; David Graham; Delia Pompa; Dena
> Bachman; Diane Ging; Don King; Donna Christain; Donna Clementi; Edward
> Dixon; Elizabeth Hoffman; Elizabeth Smith; Elizabeth Welles;
> evaluations at aslta.org; Felipe Mercado; Yu-Lan Lin; Marty Abbott; Lynn
> Sandstedt; June Phillips; Jayne Abrate; Grace Mannino; David Goldberg;
> Frank Mulhern; Glenn Nordin (E-mail); Gorden Hale; Heidi Byrnes; Helene
> Zimmer-Loew (AATG); Horner,Channing; Mary Andrus; Laura Joshua; Ann
> Copland; Jacqueline Moase-Burke; Jacqueline Van Houten; James Alatis;
> JaNahne McCready-Johnson; Jane Klaver; Janis Antonek; Jean Pierre Piriou;
> Jim Oakley; Virginia Burke; Sylvia Jones; Stephanie Iwan-Flamme; Sharon
> Treaster; Sharon Rapp; Scott McGinnis; Rob Robison; Ray Clifford; Phyllis
> VanBuren; Phyllis Thompson; Pat Barr-Harrison; Nancy Rhodes; Martin
> Smith; Martin Deschenes; Martie Semmer; Marjorie Chan; Marilyn Horton;
> Margaret Reynolds; Lynne McClendon; Kyle Gorden; Jon Strolle; John
> Segota; John Schillinger; Jody Thrush; Jo Jones; Joan Patterson; John
> Edwards; Jon Averill; Jon Deupree; Joseph Alaimo; Joy Renjilian-Burgy;
> Judy Martialay; Karen Decker; Kathryn Birkhead; Kay Hewitt; Laurel
> Rasplica Rodd; Leslie Greer; liaison at aslta.org; Lorraine D'Ambruso;
> Lowry, Eddie; Marcia Harmon Rosenbusch; Maria Sierra; Maria Wilmeth;
> Myriam Met; Nancy Abbott; Nancy Zelasko; Norah Lulich Jones; Patrick
> Raven; Paul Sandrock; Ray Verzasconi; Richard Kalfus; Robert Fischer;
> Robert Ludwig; Rosalie Vermette; Ruben Garza; Sally Magnan; Sandra
> Karkossa; Sanford Dugan; Stephen Brock; Susan Schmidt; Takashi Imai;
> vicepresident at aslta.org; William J. Mayer; Yashy Tohsaku Subject: ACTION
> ALERT!
>
>
> ACTION ALERT!  ACTION ALERT!
>
> FLAP IN HANDS OF COMMITTEE
>
> All the representatives to the Education Conference Committee now have
> been named!
>
> On the Senate side they are Democrats Edward Kennedy (MA), Christopher
> Dodd (CT), Tom Harkin (IA), Barbara Mikulski (MD), Jeff Bingaman (NM),
> Paul Wellstone (MN), Patty Murray (WA), Jack Reed (RI), John Edwards
> (NC), Hillary Clinton (NY), Joseph Lieberman (CT), and Evan Bayh (ID);
> Republicans Judd Gregg (NH), Bill Frist (TN), Mike Enzi (WY), Tim
> Hutchinson (AR), John Warner (VA), Christopher Bond (MO), Pat Roberts
> (KS), Susan Collins (ME), Jeff Sessions (AL), Mike DeWine (OH), Wayne
> Allard (CO), and John Ensign (NV); and Independent Jim Jeffords (VT).
>
> On the House side they are Democrats George Miller (CA-41st), Dale Kildee
> (MI-9th), Major Owens (NY-11th), Patsy Mink (HI-2nd), Robert Andrews
> (NJ-1st), and Tim Roemer (IN-3rd); and Republicans John Boehner (OH-8th),
> Thomas Petri (WI-6th), Marge Roukema (NJ-5th), Howard McKeon (CA-25th),
> Michael Castle (DE-at large), Lindsey Graham (SC-3rd), Van Hilleary
> (TN-4th), and Johnny Isakson (GA-6th).
>
>
> The selection of House conferees did not go in our favor, however FLAP
> still has a chance at survival. To save FLAP, it is absolutely vital that
> you write your Senators and Representative letting them know what an
> important, successful program FLAP is, and asking them to support FLAP in
> the conference committee. This is of immediate importance as the
> committee had its first meeting yesterday.
>
>
> For sample letters to conferees, visit the JNCL-NCLIS website,
> http://www.languagepolicy.org, under the FLAP link.
>
>
> Save FLAP!
>
>
> Write to your Members of Congress NOW!