Our Impact
Californians Together’s 25 years of legacy is represented through its fearless commitment and care for the educational conditions and experiences of the state’s English learners and their families. It is a shared vision for all of us—a vision that motivates us to continue to work together, to celebrate together, and one which will continue to coalesce us in order to ensure that our joint endeavors of policy, action and justice carry on.
25 Years
of influencing state policy to support multilingual learner success
35
cutting-edge research and policy publications released to date
Thousands
of individuals engaged to take action in support of English learners
Hundreds
of English learner education leaders and advocates developed
28
pieces of legislation passed supporting English learner success
Millions
raised in support of multilingual learner success
Our 2024 Legislative Wins for California’s English Learners
2024 marked new victories in the California legislature. Two of the bills Californians Together co-sponsored were signed into law.
This legislation, which we co-sponsored with the California Association of Bilingual Education, requires the California Department of Education to create a plan for implementing the 2017 California English Learner Roadmap. Actionable items include convening an advisory committee with representatives from diverse stakeholders, creating measurable goals and a system of accountability. Passing AB 2074 marks a major step forward in realizing the promise of the visionary California English Learner Roadmap.
We were proud to co-sponsor this piece of legislation with Early Edge. AB 2268 which rolls back a developmentally inappropriate assessment for our state’s youngest dual language learners. It excludes Transitional Kindergarten (TK) from the definition of kindergarten for purposes of the English Language Proficiency Assessment of California. As the state moves toward universal TK, it is crucial that assessments only serve to help students, not hurt them.