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| 1 | 1 | HOUSE . . . . . . . . No. 4428 | |
| 2 | 2 | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts | |
| 3 | 3 | ________________________________________ | |
| 4 | 4 | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, February 26, 2024. | |
| 5 | 5 | The committee on Education, to whom was referred the petition | |
| 6 | 6 | (accompanied by bill, House, No. 466) of Carol A. Doherty and others | |
| 7 | 7 | relative to the inclusion of American Sign Language in public schools, | |
| 8 | 8 | reports recommending that the accompanying bill (House, No. 4428) | |
| 9 | 9 | ought to pass. | |
| 10 | 10 | For the committee, | |
| 11 | 11 | DENISE C. GARLICK. 1 of 1 | |
| 12 | 12 | FILED ON: 2/5/2024 | |
| 13 | 13 | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4428 | |
| 14 | 14 | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts | |
| 15 | 15 | _______________ | |
| 16 | 16 | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court | |
| 17 | 17 | (2023-2024) | |
| 18 | 18 | _______________ | |
| 19 | 19 | An Act to promote the inclusion of American Sign Language in the Commonwealth’s public | |
| 20 | 20 | schools. | |
| 21 | 21 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority | |
| 22 | 22 | of the same, as follows: | |
| 23 | 23 | 1 SECTION 1. Section 2B of Chapter 71 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 | |
| 24 | 24 | 2Official Edition is hereby amended by, in line 8, striking out the word “may” and in place | |
| 25 | 25 | 3thereof, inserting the word “shall.” |