LEGISLATIVE ALERTS
Check this page regularly for alerts about
legislation that will affect you and your ESL and bilingual students. Alerts
will first be sent to the e-mail list and then linked to this page. Below are
links for contacting your legislators.
Upcoming events: films, charter forum, activism & Diane Ravitch
ACTION ALERT!
Adult Education Funding Alert!
Click on the ACTION ALERT link to urge your members of Congress to include adult education funding in the stimulus package
2010 Legislative
Conference Handouts and Presentations
SRA Update 4/7/09 -
Text-Version
Public Testimony to the New Jersey State Board of Education
on SRA February 20, 2008
Public Testimony to the New Jersey State Board of Education February 21, 2007
Petitions
Below are petitions that you can send to your legislators
Government Websites
- New Jersey Legislature
Click on Find your Legislator
under Members on the left side of the page
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us
- State of New Jersey
Official web site
http://www.state.nj.us
- New Jersey Department of Education
News, programs, data,
NCLB and other information
http://www.state.nj.us/education
- New Jersey Department of Education - Bilingual Education information
http://www.state.nj.us/njded/bilingual
- New Jersey Department of Education Bilingual Education three-year plan
http://www.state.nj.us/njded/bilingual/resources/els3year.doc
- No Child Left Behind: New Jersey
Chief State School
Officer, State Education Agency, State Education Committee Leaders, Secretary's
Regional Representative, and an evaluation of individual districts
http://www.nclb.gov/next/where/newjersey.html
- U.S. Senate Contact site
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
- U.S. House Contact site
http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW_by_State.html
- U.S. Department of Education
News, resources, policies,
research, priorities, and other information
http://www.ed.gov/index.jsp
- NCELA
National Clearinghouse for English Acquisition &
Language Instruction Educational Programs
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OBEMLA
- OELA
The Office of English Language Acquisition, Language
Enhancement, and Academic Achievement for Limited English Proficient Students
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OBEMLA
- No Child Left Behind
Official website – find answers to
questions about the NCLB law http://www.nclb.gov
Other Advocacy Websites
If you have any questions, you can contact us by sending
e-mail to:
webmaster@njtesol-njbe.org.
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