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Sign language approved as a foreign language in N.J. high schools

By admin on August 18, 2015 in Foreign Language

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Gov. Chris Christie signed a new law Monday requiring high schools to recognize American Sign Language as meeting world language requirements. (Robert Sciarrino | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com)

TRENTON — Taking sign language in high school will now count toward students’ foreign language requirements for graduation, under a new law signed Monday by Gov. Chris Christie.

The bill (S1760) requires high schools to let students fulfill their foreign language graduation requirement by taking sign language courses instead of spoken languages like Spanish or French.

According to the legislation, American Sign Language “shall be recognized as a world language for the purpose of meeting any state or local world language requirement for high school graduation.”

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