As a preamble, the action of CODOFIL in the field of education until 2010 and the ensuing reasons for reforming this unique agency shall be examined. 4 The real starting point of this so-called French renaissance may have been the adoption of Act 760 (.)ģThis paper intends to examine this prospective and rather unexpected 4 French renaissance, its foundations and objectives.Two more laws were voted in 2012 to confirm this new legislative activity around the French language: Act 851, which paves the way for the creation of a world language immersion school at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and Act 202 which establishes French as the official language of CODOFIL. As for Act 106, adopted one year later in 2011, it seeks to establish a French Language Services Program and thus turn a heritage language into a utilitarian one all over again. Act 212 completes Act 679 in that it deals specifically with one of the new missions of CODOFIL, namely the expansion of French immersion programs. It defines the new mission of CODOFIL as well as its structure. Act 679, introduced by Senator Eric LaFleur 3 from Louisiana’s 28 th district in 2010, tackles some of the most obvious problems affecting French in Louisiana, including the chronic inefficiency of CODOFIL and its lack of accountability. (.)ĢA recent spate of laws voted unanimously by the Louisiana Legislature may yet prove the contrary and underline the extraordinary resilience of a language that has been spoken in Louisiana in various forms since 1699 (the first Acadians, now called Cajuns, settled in 1765). 3 The 28th district covers the parishes of Evangeline, Allen, and Avoyelles, along with parts of St.

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