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TO AMEND SECTION 59-17-130(A) OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO HIGH SCHOOL COURSES IN AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE, TO PROVIDE THAT A SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY GIVE CREDIT AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE TO A PUPIL WHO SATISFACTORILY COMPLETES A HIGH SCHOOL COURSE IN AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 59-17-130(A) 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 an elective a foreign language to a pupil who satisfactorily has completed a high school course in American Sign Language."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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