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The Seal of Biliteracy movement started in California - at this point 43 states plus the District of Columbia offer recognition for multilingual students or contain school districts that do so. 

Read an overview of the history and current status of this movement here: http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/learning-the-language/2018/07/does_every_state_have_seal_of_biliteracy.html

Read a recent editorial by David Bong of Avant Assessment about the importance of biliteracy, especially in California, at https://edsource.org/2018/california-must-continue-to-lead-in-closing-the-bilingual-skills-gap/600207

Here is the Seal of Biliteracy website for the latest information on the movement: http://sealofbiliteracy.org/