General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 431 January Session, 2011 LCO No. 2360 Referred to Committee on Education Introduced by: SEN. MCLACHLAN, 24th Dist. REP. TABORSAK, 109th Dist. General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 431 January Session, 2011 LCO No. 2360 Referred to Committee on Education Introduced by: SEN. MCLACHLAN, 24th Dist. REP. TABORSAK, 109th Dist. AN ACT CONCERNING THE CLASSIFICATION OF SIGN LANGUAGE IN THE EDUCATION CURRICULUM. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That section 10-16b of the general statutes be amended to change the classification of American sign language from language arts to a foreign language. Statement of Purpose: To classify American sign language as a foreign language for purposes of the prescribed education curriculum.