Pathetic foreign language education

Check out this article from today's WaPo about the pathetic foreign language education available in the DC school district.

I blame NCLB.

Within the article there's a link to a table of all of the foreign language requirements for each state. It indicates that Maryland requires two credits of foreign language or ASL, but that there is no differentiated diploma system. Huh? There were several different "certificates" or tracks when I was in high school -- geared toward college, vocational, and technical education. Everyone had to have some foreign language education (the two year minimum) but for the academic track, three years were required and four years were strongly recommended. Has this program been abolished?