The State of Iowa, in order to insure that students have access to educational programs essential to their needs and abilities regardless of race, sex, handicapping condition, language, socioeconomic background or geographical location, has promulgated these guidelines for insuring that foreign language programs are multicultural and nonsexist in orientation. The goals of multicultural, nonsexist education programs are discussed in detail, and a self-evaluation checklist used in the assessment of K-12 foreign language programs is presented. Specific features of programs that are addressed include program structure, curriculum content, instructional materials and instructional strategies. An extensive annotated bibliography of resource materials is included as is a list of resource organizations. (JL)