KRS 158.7992: Program to promote instruction in the arts and foreign languages.

(1) The Department of Education shall establish a program that promotes the

integration of the arts and foreign languages in the elementary school program. A

school shall submit an application through the district superintendent, with the

agreement of the school council or of the principal, if a council does not exist. The

department shall award a grant to at least one (1) school per region based on the

quality of the application in meeting the criteria established in subsection (2) of this

section. Special con sideration shall be given, but not limited to, a school that does

not have an existing comprehensive arts and foreign language program.

(2) School programs under subsection (1) of this section shall include, but not be

limited to, the following components:

(a) Instruction in each of the four (4) disciplines of dance, drama, music, and the

visual arts that includes the core content skills and knowledge taught in a

sequential manner and includes all students in the elementary school;

(b) Intense instruction in at least one (1) foreign language that includes skills and

knowledge related to communicative language and culture and includes all

students in the elementary school;

(c) Integration of arts and foreign language instruction across the curriculum;

(d) Coordination of the programs by teachers with appropriate arts and foreign

language certification;

(e) Professional development for teachers and administrators designed to

facilitate the effective teaching of arts and foreign languages;

(f) An effective monit oring and evaluation system that includes student

performance assessment;

(g) Partnerships with parents, local cultural agencies, individual artists, and native

speakers of the foreign language who work in collaboration with classroom

teachers;

(h) Support from the local school board, the school council, and teachers; and

(i) Student attendance at one (1) or more live performance or visual art exhibition

each school year.

(3) The Department of Education shall report annually by July 1 of each year on the

implementation of the program to the Governor and the Legislative Research

Commission.