Dear Supporters and Partners,  

The Rhode Island state budget was released on Friday, and the Support and Access to Bilingual Education (SABE) Act (H-7389) was not included.

There is still an opportunity to secure funding through a budget amendment due Wednesday - but it will require immediate action. 

We are asking you to call, email, and share this action with your networks today through Wednesday. 

The SABE Act supports Rhode Island's multilingual educator pipeline, which is already connecting multilingual adults to educator certification pathways and helping address critical teacher shortages across the state. 

This is less than $1 million investment in a proven pipeline that is already producing results. Without continued funding, Rhode Island risks losing momentum and leaving candidates already in the pipeline without support. 

TAKE ACTION
Please call and email using the scripts provided, access full instructions and email scripts here: 
https://bit.ly/Support-SABE-Act-RI