GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

S	2 

SENATE BILL 889
Senate Education/Higher Education Committee Substitute Adopted 7/10/97

Short Title:  Study American Sign Language.	(Public)

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Referred to:  Rules and Operations of the Senate.

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April 16, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AND THE STATE BOARD OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES TO STUDY THE QUALIFICATIONS NEEDED TO TEACH AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEES ON EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES AND TO THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE EDUCATION OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  The Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina and the State Board of Community Colleges shall study methods to assure that faculty members teaching American Sign Language are highly qualified and competent.  The Board of Governors and the State Board of Community Colleges shall report their findings and recommendations prior to March 1, 1998, to the Appropriations Subcommittees on Education and Human Resources and to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee.
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.