Connecticut 2011 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00431 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/20/2011

                            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.