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Campaign Goals

Over the next decade, our campaign aims to build the necessary conditions for a statewide multilingual education system.

1

Establish a Statewide Commitment to Multilingual Education

Advance a formal commitment, with benchmarks and timelines, to create a schooling system where students develop proficiency in two or more languages.
Teacher helps an elementary school student with his notes in a multilingual classroom setting.

2

Strengthen and Expand California’s Bilingual Teacher Workforce

Address one of the most significant barriers to multilingual program expansion by supporting pathways, authorizations, residencies, credential flexibility, and incentives that grow a strong bilingual educator workforce.
Multilingual student in an elementary school classroom works on her art project.

3

Develop and Define Diverse Program Models

Support the field in identifying, documenting, piloting, and validating multilingual program models suited to varying community, linguistic, and district contexts—from dual language/biliteracy programs to world language instruction, heritage language programs, tribal language revitalization, and bilingual enrichment.
A multilingual family: a happy father drops off his young son at school.

4

Build Biliteracy Assessments and Accountability Systems

Promote state indicators, assessments, and monitoring tools that recognize, measure, and elevate multilingualism, ensuring languages other than English “count” in state accountability.
Teacher helps a dual-language kindergartener with her assigned reading.

5

Provide Clear State Guidance and Strengthen Technical Assistance

Develop frameworks, resources, and statewide infrastructure to support districts in implementing effective multiliteracy programs, drawing on expertise across California and national organizations.
Two multilingual female high school students discuss a class project.

6

Create Funding Models That Support and Sustain Multilingual Education

Pursue incentives and funding structures that meet the real costs of starting, expanding, and sustaining multilingual programs and building workforce capacity.
A dual language family: a mother and father helps their children with their homework.

7

Build Public Understanding and Demand

Grow awareness across parents, communities, school boards, educators, and policymakers about the benefits and promise of multilingual education—supported by shared messaging, research tools, storytelling, and regional organizing.
Four children of multiple ethnic and language backgrounds work together on a group project.

8

Support Regional Campaigns and Bright Spots

Invest in regions across the state to model multilingual pathways from preschool through graduation, build local leadership, and demonstrate what is possible.
Multilingual early childhood education setting: children learning English together from their teacher.
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