California’s Bilingual Opportunity

A fact sheet describing the untapped potential of California's bilingual K-12 students, emphasizing the need to increase the number of students who achieve biliteracy, promoting the adoption of the State Seal of Biliteracy program, addressing the shortage of adequately trained bilingual educators, and providing recommendations for policymakers and education leaders to leverage the language assets of bilingual students to strengthen California's workforce and improve students' life outcomes.