Expanding access to bilingual education in California requires systemic conditions and policy infrastructure to grow and sustain a bilingually authorized (BLA) teacher workforce at scale. 

In this brief, the authors synthesize learning from two complementary efforts: a statewide analysis of BLA workforce supply, demand, and assignment trends and a regional BLA workforce planning pilot facilitated in Kern County. Together, these analyses illuminate the structural barriers that are limiting bilingual workforce growth across California and identify concrete state policy levers that leaders can use to strengthen data systems, address BLA recruitment and retention challenges, and build the sustainable infrastructure needed to expand bilingual programs that improve student achievement. State education leaders, policymakers, district and county office leaders, and educator preparation program providers will find actionable guidance for strengthening California’s bilingual educator workforce 

This is the second brief in the Advancing Achievement Through Biliteracy series. 
Read the first brief in this series here.