South Carolina General Assembly
116th Session, 2005-2006

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A326, R359, S1107

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Hawkins
Document Path: l:\s-res\jdh\042sign.kmm.doc

Introduced in the Senate on February 1, 2006
Introduced in the House on March 30, 2006
Last Amended on May 24, 2006
Passed by the General Assembly on May 25, 2006
Governor's Action: June 1, 2006, Signed

Summary: Sign language

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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    2/1/2006  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-32
    2/1/2006  Senate  Referred to Committee on Education SJ-32
   3/28/2006  Senate  Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education 
                        SJ-13
   3/29/2006          Scrivener's error corrected
   3/29/2006  Senate  Amended SJ-22
   3/29/2006  Senate  Read second time SJ-22
   3/30/2006  Senate  Read third time and sent to House SJ-8
   3/30/2006  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-37
   3/30/2006  House   Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works HJ-37
   3/30/2006          Scrivener's error corrected
   5/17/2006  House   Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education and 
                        Public Works HJ-8
   5/18/2006          Scrivener's error corrected
   5/24/2006  House   Amended HJ-58
   5/24/2006  House   Read second time HJ-60
   5/25/2006  House   Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments 
                        HJ-13
   5/25/2006  Senate  Concurred in House amendment and enrolled SJ-191
   5/31/2006          Ratified R 359
    6/1/2006          Signed By Governor
    6/9/2006          Copies available
    6/9/2006          Effective date 06/01/06
   6/16/2006          Act No. 326

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

2/1/2006
3/28/2006
3/29/2006
3/29/2006-A
3/30/2006
5/17/2006
5/18/2006
5/24/2006


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(A326, R359, S1107)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 59-17-130, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO HIGH SCHOOL COURSES IN AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE, TO PROVIDE THAT A SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY GIVE CREDIT AS A WORLD LANGUAGE TO A PUPIL WHO SATISFACTORILY COMPLETES A HIGH SCHOOL COURSE IN AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF STANDARDS FOR THESE TEACHERS.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

American Sign Language as world language credit

SECTION    1.    Section 59-17-130 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 59-17-130.    (A)    The board of trustees of a school district may grant credit as a world language to a pupil who satisfactorily has completed a high school course in American Sign Language. Beginning with the 2008-2009 school year, American Sign Language awarded as a world language credit may be used to satisfy the foreign language credit requirement specified in Section 59-39-100.

(B)    The State Department of Education shall determine the required qualifications for teachers of American Sign Language and shall develop academic standards to be approved by the State Board of Education.

(C)    Nothing in this section may be construed to require South Carolina four-year colleges or universities to accept courses in American Sign Language to meet the foreign language admissions requirements set by the institution."

Time effective

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 31st day of May, 2006.

Approved the 1st day of June, 2006.

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