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The U.S. Department of Education is considering a proposal to reorganize itself; part of the reorganization involves merging the Office of English Language Acquisition into the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education.

For advocacy information about this issue, see the JNCL-NCLIS website: https://languagepolicy.org/news/english-learner-advocates-urge-devos-to-strengthen-office-of-english-language-acquisition/

For more information about the issue and advocacy, visit the New America website: https://www.newamerica.org/education-policy/edcentral/new-proposal-puts-federal-office-english-learners-jeopardy/ and read this Language Magazine article at https://www.languagemagazine.com/2018/05/17/reports-of-oelas-demise-hopefully-exaggerated/