O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 20-2-151.1 (2019)

American Sign Language as foreign language for college preparatory curriculum and for Carnegie unit elective credits

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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(a) For the purpose of fulfilling the foreign language requirements for a college preparatory curriculum seal of endorsement on a high school diploma, a demonstrated proficiency in American Sign Language shall be accepted as a foreign language for any student by all local boards of education and the State Board of Education. A demonstrated proficiency in American Sign Language shall be accepted as the equivalent of the required two units of a foreign language.

(b) For the purpose of earning Carnegie unit curriculum credits at the high school level, American Sign Language may be accepted by the State Board of Education for two or more units of elective credit or for two or more units of foreign language credit, pursuant to subsection (a) of this Code section.

History

Code 1981, § 20-2-151.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 2519, § 1; Ga. L. 2007, p. 290, § 1/SB 170.

Annotations

Editor’s notes. Ga. L. 2007, p. 290, § 1/SB 170, which

amended this Code section, purported to amend Code Section 20-1-151.1 but actually amended Code Section 20-2-151.1.