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HOUSE BILL NO. 1512 Offered January 11, 2017 Prefiled December 20, 2016 A BILL to amend and reenact § 23.1-905 of the Code of Virginia, relating to public institutions of higher education; academic credit for American Sign Language courses. ---------- Patron-- Bell, Richard P. ---------- Referred to Committee on Education ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 23.1-905 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 23.1-905. Academic credit for American Sign Language courses.

Each public institution of higher education shall count credit received for successful completion of American Sign Language courses either in a secondary school or another institution of higher education, including an institution of higher education from which a student transfers or transfers such course credit, toward satisfaction of the foreign language entrance requirements of the public institution of higher education.