The New York State Association for Bilingual Education (NYSABE) is a multilingual and multicultural association fostering the awareness and appreciation of bilingualism and biculturalism as an integral part of cultural pluralism in our society. The goals of the association are:

1. To encourage the establishment, maintenance, and expansion of quality programs in bilingual education.
2. To promote bilingual education as an educational process by which success of students is enhanced through instruction in their native language while learning English.
3. To foster the recognition by the total community of the importance of bilingualism and its contributions toward a better understanding of the cultural and linguistic differences among people.