Legislation & Policy
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Legislation and State Board of Education (SBE) Policies Relating to World Languages
Advanced Courses Satisfying Graduation Requirements (GRAD-008) - See also the Advanced Programs area in the World Languages Resources Hub
Course for Credit (CCRE-001)
- Section 3 - Students in grades 6-8 may earn high school credit for world language courses if the course meets the Standard Course of Study.
- Section 8 - CDM may be used for any high school credit world language course. Please see the World Languages CDM Information, an updated version of the CDM Back to School Memo, for additional guidance for World Languages.
- Section 9 - Level I and Level II world language courses can be offered as honors level or standard level.
High School Diploma Endorsements (GRAD-007)
Section 5 - Students may earn the Seal of Biliteracy or Global Language Endorsement (GLE) by demonstrating mastery of English and at least one World Language.
See also the GLE section for Students on the Global Education Recognitions page for details.
- Students - Global Languages Endorsement (GLE), NC's Seal of Biliteracy
- Educators - Global Educator Digital Badge (GEDB)
- Schools - Global-Ready School (GRS) Designation
- Districts - Global-Ready District (GRD) Designation
Grading and Transcript Standards (GRAD-009)
Section 4 - Level III and higher classical and modern language courses, and Level II heritage language courses, are inherently honors courses.
Graduation Requirements (GRAD-004)
World Language Standard Course of Study (SCOS-009)
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
World Languages FAQs (coming soon!)
Global Languages Endorsement (GLE) FAQs
Dual Language/Immersion (DL/I) FAQs