| Arkansas |
Standards for Accreditation for Arkansas Public Schools require that all K-4 students receive instruction in all content areas annually, which includes foreign language experiences. Foreign language experiences are also required in grades 5-6 as part of social studies (history and culture of the world). |
| Florida |
Every LEA must have a K-12 foreign language curriculum plan. |
| Louisiana |
Curriculum program requirement in grades 1-12, with a daily 30-minute program specifically required in grades 4-6 for academically able students and optional for all others. |
| Maine |
LEAs must have a K-12 implementation and assessment plan for modern and classical languages in place. K-12 implementation and assessment must begin in the 2007-2008 school year, contingent upon continued funding from the state legislature. |
| Massachusetts |
Unfunded requirement for K-12 instruction (refer to Massachusetts Foreign Language Curriculum Framework)
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| North Carolina |
K-12 requirement, however to be implemented as funding allows. |
| New Jersey |
According to administrative code (not legislative statute), LEAs must offer a program in grades K-8 and all students are required to participate. The definition of an elementary school includes grades 7-8. |
| Oklahoma |
K-8 requirement for all students (language awareness in K-3, sequential instructional program in 4-8); inclusion of grades 7-8 in the definition of an elementary school is dependent on the building site. |
| Vermont |
K-12 instruction for all learners (refer to Vermont's Framework of Standards and Learning Opportunities); K-12 assessment plan must be in place and implemented by 2005 |
| Wyoming |
K-2 requirement for all students. |
