(courtesy of the National Council for Languages and International Studies [NCLIS], a Washington-based organization that lobbies on behalf of foreign-language education)

AID:

The Agency for International Development

CIBERS:

Centers for International Business Education and Research

EELIAS:

Evaluation of Exchange, Language, International Area Studies

ERIC/CLLC:

Educational Resources Information Center/Center for Languages and Linguistics

ESEA:

Elementary and Secondary Education Act

FILR:

Federal Interagency Language Roundtable

FIPSE:

Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education

FLAP:

Foreign Language Assistance Program

FLAS:

Foreign Language and Area Studies

GPRA:

Government Performance and Results Act

HEA:

Higher Education Act

IIPP:

Institute for International Public Policy

LCTLs:

Less Commonly Taught Languages

LEA:

Local Education Agency

LEP:

Limited English Proficient

LRC:

Language Resource Center

NAEP:

National Assessment of Educational Progress

NED:

National Endowment for Democracy

NEH:

National Endowment for the Humanities

NRC:

National Resource Center

NSEP:

National Security Education Program

OBEMLA:

The Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Language Affairs

OERI:

Office of Educational Research and Improvement

SEA:

State Education Agency

USED:

United States Education Department

USIP:

United States Institute for Peace

UISFL:

Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Languages