Beginning with the 2025-26 school year and continuing through the 2026-27 school year, the superintendent of public instruction shall establish and operate a pilot program to provide annual grants to schools that provide instruction in a foreign language to students in

kindergarten through grade three. Grants awarded under the program may be used for program costs, materials, or stipends. Grants awarded under this program may not exceed two thousand five hundred dollars per school per year. The superintendent shall develop the requirements and procedures for a school to participate in the program.