HB 1499 - AS INTRODUCED

2000 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 1499

AN ACT relative to credit for American sign language and transliteration as a foreign language.

SPONSORS: Rep. Gilman, Graf 1; Rep. Quandt, Rock 20; Rep. D. Hall, Graf 13; Rep. Williams, Hills 39; Sen. Brown, Dist 17; Sen. Krueger, Dist 16

COMMITTEE: Education

ANALYSIS

This bill provides that if a public school offers American sign language or transliteration it shall be offered for credit as a foreign language.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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04/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand

AN ACT relative to credit for American sign language and transliteration as a foreign language.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Instruction of Pupils; Foreign Languages; American Sign Language and Transliteration Added. Amend RSA 189:20 to read as follows:

189:20 Foreign Languages. A foreign language may be taught in elementary schools; provided, that the course of study [(]or its equivalent[)] outlined by the state board in [the branches named in] RSA 189:19 be not abridged but be taught in compliance with the law of the state. American sign language and transliteration shall be credited as foreign languages under this section if offered in a primary or secondary school.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.