Today's students require skills to prepare them to compete in the global marketplace. Language education is crucial to achieving this goal. As language educators, it is essential that we work to inform officials at the local, state, and national levels of the benefits of a strong language education.

Please be attentive to potential changes that your state's Board of Education might be making to your state's requirement where enrollment in language classes may be affected. It is up to us to be the watchdogs and to speak out where we see potential harm to our programs.

If you need to contact your state officials regarding current legislation and issues regarding language education programs in your state, here is a directory to the Central States member state's government and board of education websites:

Arkansas Board of Education

Arkansas Elected Officials

Indiana Board of Education

Indiana Elected Officials 

Illinois Board of Education

Illinois Elected Officials

Iowa State Board of Education

Iowa Elected Officials 

Kansas Board of Education

Kansas Elected Officials

Kentucky Board of Education

Kentucky Elected Officials 

Michigan Board of Education

Michigan Elected Officials 

Minnesota Department of Education

Minnesota Elected Officials

Missouri Board of Education

Missouri Elected Officials

Nebraska Board of Education

Nebraska Elected Officials

North Dakota Board of Education

North Dakota Elected Officials

Ohio Board of Education

Ohio Elected Officials

South Dakota Board of Education

South Dakota Elected Officials

Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

Wisconsin Elected Officials

• District of Columbia Greater Washington Association of Teachers of Foreign Languages (GWATFL)

• Alabama Alabama World Language Association (AWLA)

• Arizona Arizona Language Association (ALA)

• Arkansas Arkansas Foreign Language Teachers Association (AFLTA)

• California California Language Teachers Association (CLTA)

• Colorado Colorado Congress of Foreign Language Teachers (CCFLT)

• Connecticut Connecticut Council of Language Teachers (CCLT)

• Florida Florida Foreign Language Association (FFLA)

• Georgia Foreign Language Association of Georgia (FLAG)

• Hawaii Hawaii Association of Language Teachers (HALT)

• Idaho Idaho Association of Teachers of Language and Culture (IATLC)

• Illinois Illinois Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ICTFL)

• Indiana Indiana Foreign Language Teachers Association (IFLTA)

• Iowa Iowa Foreign Language Association (IFLA)

• Kansas Kansas World Language Association (KSWLA)

• Kentucky Kentucky World Language Association (KWLA)

• Louisiana Louisiana Foreign Language Teachers Association (LFLTA)

• Maine Educators for a Multilingual Maine (EMME)

• Maryland Maryland Foreign Language Association (MFLA)

• Massachusetts Massachusetts Foreign Language Association (MaFLA)

• Michigan Michigan World Language Association (MIWLA)

• Minnesota Minnesota Council on the Teaching and Learning of Culture (MCTLC)

• Mississippi Mississippi Foreign Language Association (MSFLA)

• Missouri Foreign Language Association of Missouri (FLAM)

• Montana Montana Association of Language Teachers (MALT)

• Nebraska Nebraska International Languages Association (NILA)

• New Hampshire New Hampshire Association of World Language Teachers (NHAWLT)

• New Jersey Foreign Language Educators of New Jersey (FLENJ)

• New Mexico New Mexico Organization of Language Educators (NMOLE)

• New York New York State Association of Foreign Language Teachers (NYSAFLT)

• North Carolina Foreign Language Association of North Carolina (FLANC)

• North Dakota Foreign Language Association of North Dakota (FLAND)

• Ohio Ohio World Language Association (OWLA)

• Oklahoma Oklahoma Foreign Language Teachers Association (OFLTA)

• Oregon Confederation in Oregon for Language Teaching (COLFT) 

• Pennsylvania Pennsylvania State Modern Language Association (PSMLA)

• Rhode Island Rhode Island Foreign Language Association (RIFLA)

• South Carolina South Carolina Foreign Language Teachers Association (SCFLTA)

• South Dakota South Dakota Foreign Language Association (SDFLA)

• Tennessee Tennessee World Language Teaching Association (TFLTA)

• Texas Texas Foreign Language Association (TFLA)

• Utah Utah Foreign Language Association (UFLA)

• Virginia Foreign Language Association of Virginia (FLAVA)

• Vermont Vermont Organization of Classics and Language Educators (VOCALE)

• Washington Washington Association for Language Teaching (WAFLT)

• West Virginia West Virginia Foreign Language Teachers Association (WVFLTA)

• Wisconsin Wisconsin Association for Language Teachers (WAFLT)

Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (Central States)

Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (NECTFL)

Pacific Northwest Council for Languages (PNCFL)

Southern Conference on Language Teaching (SCOLT)

Southwest Conference on Language Teaching (SWCOLT)