President George W. Bush might have decided to allocate millions of dollars to teach Hindi to children in U.S. schools, but a New Jersey school district, citing shortage of funds, has turned down the request of Indian-American parents to include Hindi in the curriculum.

Disappointed by the decision of the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District in New Jersey, hard supporters of ‘‘Hindi in U.S. Schools’’ have decided to write to Bush so that Hindi could be included in schools here as a subject. The area has a high concentration of Indian Americans, who have been vigorously campaigning to include Hindi in U.S. schools for the last year. The goal is to have children stay in touch with their culture through their mother tongue.

A few months ago, more than a 100 Indian Americans, originally hailing from the Hindi-belt of India, had submitted a petition before West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District, demanding that Hindi be taught as a subject.

In a reply dated January 10, Victoria Kniewel, assistant superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction at West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District wrote, that Hindi had ‘‘not’’ been included in the proposed 2006-2007 budget.

‘‘These are difficult budget times for a public school district,’’ Kniewel stated. ‘‘With current increases in healthcare costs, transportation, special education, and salaries / benefits, the Board is limited in what additional increases can be included in upcoming budget.’’

Indian-Americans are insisting that Hindi be available as an elective language for the students of Plainsboro High School beginning the fall of 2006. They have urged the school authorities to reconsider their decision.

‘‘You can clearly note in the announcement made by Bush, Hindi received an important endorsement, including the necessary funding to help institutionalize Hindi all over the United States,’’ said parent Devendra Singh in a letter to Kniewel.

Singh, who leads the campaign in New Jersey, said the community was even willing to help out the school authorities, if finance was the problem.

‘‘I realize there are constraints, including budget, which we all have to overcome to help the cause of Hindi. I believe when there is a will to solve an issue, the solution is just round the corner,’’ he said.

Singh added that there were well-qualified people willing to start teaching Hindi at very short notice.

‘‘There is an urgent need to include Hindi in Plainsboro schools without further delay,’’ he said.