Open Letter: We Support the Credit for All Language Learning Act
The Credit for All Language Learning (CALL) Act has been introduced in the 2024 Session of the Maryland General Assembly. Once enacted, Maryland community colleges would award degree-applicable credit for English Language Learning courses (aka ESL/ESOL/ELD/EAP/ELAP). Public and private institutions of higher education would accept these credits as Humanities credits fulfilling World Languages requirements. The bill is sponsored by Delegate Jared Solomon (HB569) and Senator Malcolm Augustine (SB395 with Sen. Rosapepe).

The CALL Act is supported by vigorous research and a statewide, grassroots advocacy coalition. Similar legislation has been successfully implemented in other states, including California. The undersigned support equity in language learning and broadened higher education pathways for Maryland's immigrant students. We ask our state legislators to support and vote for the CALL Act.

Signed,

Individuals (organizational sign-ons below):
Owen Silverman Andrews, M.A. TESOL; Corey Gaber; Sergio España; Ernesto Cuadra; Kelly Richardson, M.S.W.; Maureen Fitzpatrick, M.S.N., CRNP; Kamilah Kaashif; Susan Kerin; Prof. Diana Sáez, D.M.A.; Prof. Tabitha Kidwell, Ph.D.; Dr. Dionna Latimer-Hearn; Norma Santiago García; Dr. Sara Goldrick-Rab; Mairin Srygley, M.S. CCC-SLP; Prof. Theresa Alexander, M.S. CCC-SLP; Alexis Guethler, Ph.D.; Prof. Raymond Gonzales; Ana M. Derr; Andrew Reinel; Prof. Sarah Barnhardt; Paul Streett; Geraldine Giordano; Prof. Sophie Reverdy; Salimah Jasani; Prof. Gilda Martinez-Alba, Ed.D.; Prof. Linda Neuman; Dania Stefany Canales Salmeron; Molly Amster; Jeremy Collins; Chester Gates; Yanna Otero, ESOL teacher; Trent Leon-Lierman; Prof. Jennica Larrison, Ph.D.; Susana Barrios; Commissioner Ashley Esposito; Edwin A. Pérez; Prof. Matthew Patton, Ph.D.; Xuewei He; Breanna Guzmán, M.S. (TESOL); Prof. Meg Eubank, Ed.D.; Prof. Felipe Filomeno, Ph.D.; Rudy Ruiz, Ed.D.; Prof. Rashi Jain, Ph.D.; Dr. Lucy Montalvo; Khalilah M. Harris, Ed.D., J.D.; Aliyah Abid; Prof. Scott Cooper; Sung Park; Ruth A. Fox; Jason A. Kemp, Ph.D.; Dr. Danielle Bierzynski; Franca Muller Paz; Christian Bednar, Ph.D.; Prof. Amelia Yongue; Rozina Ahsan; Gabriel Stanley Valencia Menjivar; Prof. (Emerita) Tanya L. Pitzer; Asifa Aslam; Iffat Rehman; Bernice Owusu; Prof. Rachele Lawton, Ph.D.; Sandra N. Gutiérrez; Prof. Elizabeth Goulette, Ph.D.; Luis Ricardo Gutierrez; Jerome Alexander; Prof. Julie L. Grignon, Ph.D.; Jennifer McDowell; Fareeha Waheed; Matthew Keilholtz; María Fernanda Contreras del Moral; Hope Burke; Kristine L. Sieloff; Artemus Werts; Claire Cunliffe; Karen C. Woodson, Ph.D.; Cruzdeligne Sanchez; Julia Kuwahara; Maggie Murphy; Juan Manuel Rodriguez; Oscar Biaggi; Vincent S. Tola; Dulce Mejivar; Prof. (Emeritus) Paul H. Parent; Elizabeth Paz; Prof. (Emerita) Eileen Cotter; Brian Nelson; Dr. Melissa Kanney; Dr. Francesca Weaks; Prof. Gloria Park, Ph.D.; Prof. Rob Hurd, Ph.D.; Taryn Ferch, Ph.D.; Prof. Jeanine L. Williams, Ph.D.; Frank Patinella; Desai Dorsey; Rachel Riggs, M.A. TESOL; Gracie Greenberg, MSW; Sarah Lane; Adama Bagayoko; Dahlia Aguilar; Jessica Altamirano; Dr. Helen Atkinson; Prof. Jessica Shiller, Ph.D.; Prof. Stacie Miller; Prof. Nelson Flores, Ph.D.; Prof. Antione Tomlin, Ph.D., PCC; Prof. Sara Osman; Jeana Davis, M.S.; Jessica Farrar; Prof. Chris Chang-Bacon, Ph.D.; Diana Carillo; Kimberly Reece; Jewell Kerr Jackson; Andrew S. Eneim; Prof. Drew S. Fagan, Ed.D.; Carlos Orbe Jr., M.P.M.; Jake Newman; Seth D. Singleton; Dr. Margaret Sullivan Marcus; Dinorah Olmos; Jamie Harris; Mary Bienkowski, PhD(c); Margie Hartman, LMSW; Prof. Gina Ann Garcia, Ph.D.; Bettina Arrunátegui; Debbie Rosenberg; Audrey Potter; Gail Schmitt; Dr. Heather Lamb; Ángel González; Prof. (Emeritus) Paul Lux, Ph.D.; Terra D. McRae-Greene; Prof. Karin Alejandra Rosemblatt, Ph.D.; Lourdes Evelia Vargas; Asli Masucci; Samantha Harris; Tammy T. Colandrea; Prof. Becki Maurio, M.A. TESOL; Prof. Susan Keach Sweeney; Irina Popova; Prof. David Sartorius, Ph.D.; Marianne Zmoda, M.Ed.; Prof. Jeffrey S. Moore, Ph.D.; Prof. Jennie Charlton-Jackson, Ph.D.; Javier von Westphalen; Christina Crawford, M.A. TESOL; Chelsea Reeder; Valerie Bardhi; Ranjana Thapa; Prof. Maura O'Hare Hill; Prof. Kris Messner; Bethany Lentz; Prof. Greg Sevik, Ph.D.; Prof. Timothy P. May, Ph.D.; Ana Maderos; Christopher Morphew; Ruth Seidenspinner; Prof. Ingrid Sabio-McLaughlin, Ph.D.; Prof. Rebecca Minor, Ph.D.; Prof. William Lowe; Prof. Kim Jensen, Ph.D.; T. Nathan Ferrell; Martha G. Sandstead, Ph.D.; Alesha Rosen, M.Ed.; Xavier Muñoz, M.A. TESOL; Alena Davidoff-Gore; Prof. Denise Parker; Prof. Raphael Stillings, Ed.D.; Saurabh Anand; Anne-Marie Johnson; Lama Masri, M.A. TESOL; Julia Raufman; Prof. Nina Brown, Ph.D.; Prof. Ann Merck MacLellan, Ph.D.; Prof. Jennifer Valdez; Jacob S. Andrews; Nicolino Applauso, Ph.D.; Prof. Gina M. Finelli, Ph.D.; Prof. Christine Mallinson, Ph.D.; Prof. Arlette Ngoubene-Atioky, Ph.D.; Prof. Gonzalo Baptista, Ph.D.; Kimberly Culp; Thomas Lee; Dr. Jean-Pierre Laurenceau; Prof. Margarita Gómez, Ph.D.; Prof. Emily Dillon; Prof. Rebecca M. Callahan, Ph.D.; Bhishma Gurmachhan; Suyog Parajuli; Lidia Aguilera; Zariah Nicole; Prof. Ana Gómez-Pérez, Ph.D.; Prof. Christa de Kleine, Ph.D.; Prof. Patrice Silver, Ph.D.; Prof. Giuliana Robberto; Prof. Andrea S. Thomas, Ph.D.; Sodaba Wali; Carine Bushiri Bushka; Prof. Margaret Garroway, Ph.D.; Prof. Stephanie Landon, M.A.T. (ESOL); Zack Buster; Prof. Howard F. Andrews, Ph.D.; Prof. Hanna Kang, Ph.D.; Prof. Jesse Schneiderman, Ed.D.; Prof. Dawn Meissner; Van Lalau Uk; Shanta Rao, Ph.D.; Apita Thapa; Prof. Zoe C. Farquhar, Ph.D.; Jessenia McCrary Linares; Hamza Iqbal; Aaila Syeda; Ian Middleton; Prof. Margaret A. Boas; Donovan Fortune; Sam Zinler; Annie Rappeport, Ph.D.; Jenne Ristau; Prof. Julie Takacs, Ph.D.; Prof. Frank Alduino, Ph.D.; Prof. David M. Marcovitz, Ph.D.; Reva Restack, doctoral student; Valerie Meier, Ph.D.; Eva K. Sullivan; Natalia Bacchus; Jocelyn Providence; Delores Britt-Millhouse; Caroline Purcell, M.A. TESOL; PVT Juan Rivas Buezo; Zion Parran; Josette Obeng; Amelia Valdez; Madeline Wade; Violette DiGirolamo; Tess Doughty; Isabella Aparicio; Kaliyah Tucker; Maria Monterrosa; Emanuel Boakye Darko; Prof. Sarah Saxer; Nick Taichi Steiner; Maya Primorac; Rachel Rodriguez, Ph.D.; Prof. Dale Daigle; Prof. Juyoun Jang, Ph.D.; Prof. Julie Markin, Ph.D.; Lucia Islas; Madison Kaye; Prof. (Emerita) Jeanette Sherbondy, Ph.D.; Mark Parker; Prof. Elena Deanda, Ph.D.; Dr. Gabriela D. Lemus; Prof. Francesco Masala, Ph.D.; Prof. Karen L. Terrell, Ph.D.; Prof. Scott A. West; Brissia Lopez-Castro; Cristina Duncan Evans, Baltimore Teachers Union Teacher Chapter Chair; Shamoyia Gardiner, M.Ed.; Esperanza Górriz; Prof. Zekeh Gbotokuma, Ph.D.; Prof. Amanda A. Draheim, Ph.D.; Prof. Megan DeVirgilis, Ph.D.; Prof. Corinne Crane; Ph.D.; Dr. Danielle L. Archambault; Prof. Julie Wills, M.F.A.; Detrese Dowridge; R. Hayes; Takiyah B. Dingle; Jennifer Love, Ed.D.; Dana Polson, Ph.D.; Rebecca Yenawine; Francisco López; Andy Ellis; Lee Domeika; Prof. Christine Harrington, Ph.D.; Prof. Vicki Hong Smith; Giuliana Valencia-Banks; Prof. Cynthia P. Fraga-Cañadas, Ph.D.; Prof. Ramón Espejo-Saavedra, Ph.D.; Kristina Cardona Collins; Lidia Cardona; Kenya Campbell; Thuta; Alexandra Michaud; Devon Mervis; Juliana Plugues; Bayron Borges; Kiana Fok; Mary Mohammad; Ethan Eblaghie; Amanda Miller; Dominique Ellis Falcon; Ana Zandarin, Sandy Cos; Liz Simon-Higgs; Cergio Cilla; Xigrid Soto-Boykin, Ph.D.; Prof. Joshua Davis, Ph.D.; Prof. Diego Hernandez; Prof. Sandra Sangin Lee; Flavio Emanuel Martinez; Maria Cespedes, Prof. Derya Kulavuz-Onal, Ph.D.; Maria Isabel Catot; Jessica B. Crawford; Prof. Loren Jones, Ph.D.; Elizabeth Phillipson; Joyce A. David, M.Ed.; Paula L. Miller; Sue Hale; Jessica Leedy; Elvira Beches; Darcy Scott, M.Ed.; Noora Mahmassani; Margot Harris, MAEL; Jennifer Gardner, Ph.D.; Prof. Laura Mahalingappa, Ph.D.; Grace Waltz; Allison Rice; Wuraola Odogu; Lisa Cerbone-Jensen; Shannon Sullivan; Helenor Messias, M.A. TESOL; Prof. Kristi Webster McGhee; Heather Mehrtens; Prof. Noël Archambeault, D.M.A.; Gabrielle Spear; Susan Washington; Mary Tabaa; Joanne M. Amaro, M.A. TESOL; Michaela Haber; Armando Luis Santiago; Kara Silanskis; Alex Tomlinson; Carolina Saenz-Acosta; Sherry Lyons; Prof. Michael Berman; Prof. Heather Bruce Satrom; Prof. Jona Colson; Prof. Lauralyn McWilliams; Prof. Henry N. Caballero; Marie Hils, M.A. TESOL; Robin Kessler; Mary Kenney; Charity Durham; Antonio C. Luna

Organizations:
Latino Education Advancement Fund (LEAF)
Maryland Latinos Unidos (MLU)
Comité Latino de Baltimore
Students Organizing a Multicultural and Open Society (SOMOS)
American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland (ACLU-MD)
Teachers' Democracy Project (TDP)
Baltimore Teachers Union Legislative Committee
Maryland State Education Association (MSEA)
Baltimore Student Union (BSU)
AFSCME Maryland
PTA Council of Baltimore County, Inc. (BCPTA Council)

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