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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The county and state really need to clearly articulate the requirement and collegiate expectation. Is it 2 credits of the same Foreign Language, OR is it 2 credits of the same Foreign Language taken while matriculating in HS?

That’s two very different things and has implications on both MS and HS course selection.[/quote]

It's stated clearly here, as a PP posted upthread: Students must take two years of the same world language.

Course Bulletin, footnote on page 6 ¨Students may fulfill World Language graduation option in middle school.¨

[url]http://coursebulletin.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/publications/HSCourseBulletin2023.pdf[/url][/quote]

That course bulletin is for students GRADUATING IN 2026
There are plenty of kids in 9th grade, 10th, 11th for whom this doesn't apply.[/quote]

This is true.  However, I thought the point was that there was a new stricter rule. If you look at the 2025 bulletin, same FN, same page.  Take the link above, and change to an earlier year, and let us know if it is different[/quote]

I found this on the MCPS World Languages High section of their website. I can't tell the difference between the two. Gold star for whoever can.

[b]Graduation Requirements for Class of 2025 and beyond

Two credits in the same world languages or two credits in American Sign Language

Graduation Requirements for Class of 2021-2024

Two credits in a world language, which may include American Sign Language, may be used to complete Option 1 of elective credits required for graduation. (If students select a world language to fulfill the Maryland diploma requirements, it is recommended that the two world language credits be in the same language.)
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“SAME” world language

With previous wording, people were taking one year of Spanish and then one year of ASL.[/quote]

Try reading it again. Both say "same"[/quote]

The change is that it's now a requirement for two years of the same language. It had previously been a recommendation.[/quote]

That doesn't sound new to me though. I've been hearing that since my kids started languages in MS[/quote]

If your kids told you that two years of the same language was a requirement, they had it wrong. As other posters have pointed out, it was possible to graduate with, say, Spanish 1A/1B and Latin 1A/1B, since that used to fulfill the previous requirement. Not any more, since what used to be a "recommendation" has been changed to a requirement.

Since this is a change necessitated by a change in COMAR, this applies to all schools in MD. This new requirement applies to students entering 9th in 2021-2022 or later. See [url]http://www.dsd.state.md.us/comar/comarhtml/13a/13a.03.02.03.htm[/url]

- DP
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My kids didn't tell me anything their teachers did.[/quote]

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