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Committee approves $5 million grant program to expand dual-language instructional materials

2794203 · March 26, 2025
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Summary

AB 865 would create a one-time $5 million grant administered by CDE to fund development and purchase of dual language immersion (DLI) instructional materials; committee passed the bill to appropriations with broad support from districts and advocates.

Assemblymember Gonzales presented AB 865, a bill that would create a one-time $5,000,000 grant program administered by the California Department of Education over three years to increase dual language immersion (DLI) instructional materials across languages.

The measure splits funding into two pots: $3.5 million for programs teaching the state's top five English-learner languages (Spanish,…

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