On June 5, the Rhode Island House of Representatives approved a $750,000 budget amendment supporting multilingual education through the Support and Access to Bilingual Education (SABE) Act, sponsored by Rep. David Morales. The act aims to increase the number of certified dual language teachers to better serve multilingual learners, particularly in districts with high multilingual populations like Providence Public School District (PPSD), where 42% of students are multilingual learners but only a quarter participate in dual language programs, which currently offer only Spanish. Advocates from the Coalition for a Multilingual Rhode Island emphasize the importance of focusing on traditional public schools to impact the majority of multilingual students statewide. The SABE Act addresses teacher shortages by providing financial support and streamlined certification for multilingual educators. It also seeks to sustain existing world language programs, which face cuts due to budget constraints, affecting both urban and suburban districts. The Department of Secondary and Elementary Education will establish a bilingual education fund to grant schools resources for expanding bilingual education. The Coalition celebrated the legislation’s passage on June 23 but stressed that this marks the beginning of ongoing efforts to improve multilingual education in Rhode Island.