Oregon Seal of Biliteracy

Are you bilingual and biliterate?

Are you a graduating senior? 

Are you interested in having this honor on your high school diploma?

The Oregon State Seal of Biliteracy (OSSB) and Oregon State Seal of Multiliteracy (OSSM) are state-sponsored recognitions of student proficiency in multiple languages. The OSSB/M was created to honor the knowledge and achievements of multilingual students in Oregon, to recognize the assets multilingual students bring to the classroom and community, and to encourage language study (including heritage languages or languages of cultural importance to the student).

Students may earn the Seal of Biliteracy for any combination of two or more languages. All languages are eligible. This includes: all Tribal and Indigenous languages spoken by Oregon's nine federally recognized Tribes; languages of additional U.S. Indigenous nations; Native Hawaiian; Pacific Islander languages (e.g., Chamorro, Samoan); Mesoamerican and South American Indigenous languages (e.g., Nahuatl, Quechua, Aymara); and Indigenous languages of Canada (e.g., Cree, Ojibwe, Inuktitut); and all world languages past and present (Indigenous or otherwise).(Oregon Department of Education, 2026).

More Resources:

Hear A Student Voice: NCSD graduate uses her Oregon Seal of Biliteracy to achieve her future career goals

ODE Biliteracy Seal One-Pager