The California Foreign Language Project was established in 1989 by mandate of the California Legislature through Senate Bill 1882. Since that time, CFLP has vigorously pursued the goal of challenging language professionals to improve and expand language programs in California and to promote access and equity within educational institutions for every student. The Project strongly supports efforts to involve every language teacher in a supportive professional community which respects diverse ideas, provides opportunities for leadership, promotes linguistic and cultural competence and advocates for the retention, expansion and articulation of foreign and indigenous language offerings across educational levels beginning in the elementary grades. As a result of the new legislation, AB 1734, CFLP has given more emphasis to standards-based instruction and has expanded its programs to include teacher participants from state-defined low-performing schools. CFLP also seeks to establish partnerships with such schools. This document includes the CFLP Mission Statement, the basic principles which have evolved since the project's inception, and the criteria for CFLP program implementation and evaluation.

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