[Calico Cat]

This doesn't surprise me a bit...I worked for city government for years and we began to receive more and more calls in Spanish. Nobody in the office spoke Espanol--I didn't know it was a required subject--until finally it was decided that the next employee we hired would have to be bilingual. I guarantee you: in the next ten to twenty years, Spanish will become a required subject in public schools (although requiring Hispanics to learn English will still be off-limits; not 'sensitive' enough to their 'culture'.)

[sarcasm]

BILINGUAL/BICULTURAL PROGRAM. Bilingual/Bicultural authority provides employment opportunities at the entry level for professional and administrative positions which call for Spanish language skills or knowledge of the Hispanic culture to enhance job performance.

Not only State and Local.