An Act establishing a language education grant program

HD 2002 creates a state grant program to fund language education initiatives in Massachusetts schools. It provides grants to public school districts, Horace Mann schools, and commonwealth charter schools to develop expanded world language, second language, heritage language, and English language learner programs. The grants aim to improve student academic success and increase access to language learning, with the Department of Education developing program guidelines and evaluating funded programs annually. School districts can use funds to expand existing foreign language programs or create new ones, and the Department must offer technical assistance for program replication. Funding for the program is subject to annual state appropriations.