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July 24, 2020 | JNCL Newsroom
On July 16, 2020, the U.S. Department of State issued an update on its website clarifying exceptions available to the suspension of visa programs imposed by Presidential Proclamations 10014 and 10052 . The restrictions placed on H-1B and certain J-1 visa programs have put language and immersion programs in a difficult position as they struggle to fill unexpectedly vacant language educator positions just weeks before the beginning of the academic school year. 

Individual states are now pushing to exempt their language programs. On July 22nd, 2020, Utah was granted an exemption for their dual-language immersion programs after America's Languages Caucus members Rep. Ben McAdams (D-UT-04) and Rep. Rob Bishop (R-UT- 01), along with Rep. John R. Curtis (R-UT-03) and Rep. Chris Stewart (R-UT-02 ), wrote a letter emphasizing that schools are unable to fill dual-language immersion teaching positions due to the severe shortage of qualified language teachers in the U.S.


July 17, 2020 | JNCL Newsroom
In a victory for students and institutions of higher education across the country, the Administration has rescinded a recent decision to prohibit Nonimmigrant Students with F-1 and M-1 visas from living in the United States while taking an online course load this fall. 

With the July 14th decision, the Administration has indicated that it will re-incorporate aspects of its original policy announced on March 13th regarding COVID-19, stating that the Student Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) would temporarily allow for students to remain in the U.S. while taking more online credits than allowed under normal circumstances. 

This rollback comes as a relief for international students, but there may be trouble ahead as the Administration continues to issue restrictions on immigration during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Grow Your Own (GYO) programs are an increasingly popular strategy for growing and diversifying the teacher workforce . By focusing on recruiting and preparing teachers from the community for the community, GYO programs are highly-localized and designed to meet the needs of teacher candidates and the school systems where they will work. This brief presents the findings of a 50-state scan designed to identify programs and to investigate state policies that support GYO program development, implementation, and sustainability.

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