Current Status Bill Number:3055 Ratification Number:418 Act Number:344 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19950110 Primary Sponsor:Kirsh All Sponsors:Kirsh, Simrill, Allison, Baxley, Lloyd, S. Whipper Drafted Document Number:GJK\21173SD.95 Date Bill Passed both Bodies:19960515 Date of Last Amendment:19960507 Governor's Action:S Date of Governor's Action:19960529 Subject:American Sign Language
Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved
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------ 19960606 Act No. A344
------ 19960529 Signed by Governor
------ 19960523 Ratified R418
House 19960515 Concurred in Senate amendment,
enrolled for ratification
Senate 19960509 Read third time, returned to House
with amendment
Senate 19960507 Amended, read second time,
ordered to third reading
with notice of general amendments
Senate 19960423 Committee report: Favorable with 04 SED
amendment
Senate 19950207 Introduced, read first time, 04 SED
referred to Committee
House 19950203 Read third time, sent to Senate
House 19950202 Unanimous consent for third
reading on the next Legislative day
House 19950202 Amended, read second time
House 19950201 Committee report: Favorable with 21 HEPW
amendment
House 19950110 Introduced, read first time, 21 HEPW
referred to Committee
House 19941214 Prefiled, referred to Committee 21 HEPW
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(A344, R418, H3055)
AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 59-17-120 SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT TO GRANT CREDIT AS AN ELECTIVE FOR A COURSE IN AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE; AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION SHALL ESTABLISH CERTAIN GUIDELINES IN REGARD TO THIS COURSE, AND SHALL ALSO ESTABLISH A TASK FORCE FOR THIS PURPOSE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
American Sign Language course
SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 59-17-120. (A) The board of trustees of a school district may grant credit as an elective to a pupil who satisfactorily has completed a high school course in American Sign Language.
(B) The State Board of Education shall establish guidelines on the qualifications needed for those teaching an American Sign Language course and on a recommended course of study to be followed.
(C) The State Board of Education shall establish a task force to assist in the development of the guidelines pursuant to this section. The task force shall consist of nine members as follows:
(1) The President of the South Carolina Association of the Deaf, or his designee;
(2) A parent of a deaf child in a mainstreamed program;
(3) A parent of a deaf child in a residential program who is currently enrolled at the South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind;
(4) A representative from the foreign language department of a college or university in South Carolina;
(5) The Director of the Interpreter Training Program of Spartanburg Technical College, or his designee;
(6) A representative from the South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind;
(7) Two instructors of American Sign Language, one of whom must be deaf;
(8) A representative from the State Department of Education.
The task force shall be established within three months of the effective date of this act and shall terminate upon completion of the guidelines. The State Department of Education shall provide the necessary administrative and research support for the task force. Members of the task force shall serve without compensation."
Time effective
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Approved the 29th day of May, 1996.