HB 1297 - AS INTRODUCED
2003 SESSION
04/09
HOUSE BILL 1297
AN ACT relative to credit for American sign language and transliteration as a foreign language.
SPONSORS: Rep. Gilman, Graf 9; Rep. Boyce, Belk 31; Rep. Heon, Straf 67; Sen. Gallus, Dist 1
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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03-2233
04/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three
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 a foreign language under this section if offered in a primary or secondary school.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.