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17104315D
HOUSE BILL NO. 1512
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by the House Committee on Education
on January 25, 2017)
(Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Bell, Richard P.)
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.

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.

A. 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 toward satisfaction of the foreign language entrance, placement, and course credit requirements of the public institution of higher education.

B. Each public institution of higher education shall count credit received for successful completion of American Sign Language courses at the institution toward satisfaction of its foreign language course credit requirements.