{"id":4892,"date":"2026-08-02T19:04:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T19:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/?p=4892"},"modified":"2026-08-02T19:04:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T19:04:20","slug":"illinois-lawmakers-reverse-course-on-foreign-language-requirement-to-protect-career-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/?p=4892","title":{"rendered":"Illinois lawmakers reverse course on foreign language requirement to protect career education"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"vlp-link-container vlp-layout-lnk-sptlght block-editor-block-list__block wp-block wp-block-visual-link-preview-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawlocal.com\/news\/2026\/07\/28\/illinois-lawmakers-reverse-course-on-foreign-language-requirement-to-protect-career-education\/\" class=\"vlp-link\" title=\"Illinois lawmakers reverse course on foreign language requirement to protect career education\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><div class=\"vlp-layout-zone-side\"><div class=\"vlp-block-3 vlp-link-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shawlocal.com\/resizer\/v2\/EPXSK64I5RHG5GDBB6S7T4FAF4.JPG?auth=fd58568dcfe7ddeee6e03ff3e8ec9a48c626d8be4096705ef8633c263f2138a4&amp;width=1200&amp;height=630&amp;smart=true\" style=\"max-width: 1024px; max-height: 1024px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vlp-layout-zone-main\"><div class=\"vlp-block-0 vlp-link-url\">www.shawlocal.com<\/div><div class=\"vlp-block-1 vlp-link-title\">Illinois lawmakers reverse course on foreign language requirement to protect career education<\/div><div class=\"vlp-block-2 vlp-link-summary\">Illinois schools warned a foreign language graduation requirement would force students to abandon career training. A new law preserves pathways into manufacturing, health care, the trades and other in-demand fields.<\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,4],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-4892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-educacion","category-politica","tag-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4892"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4892\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4893,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4892\/revisions\/4893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}