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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>72412</law_id><section_number>23.1-905</section_number><catch_line>Academic credit for American Sign Language</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="23.1">Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Students and Campus</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="9">Academic Policies</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="3">Course Credit</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Each <span class="dictionary">public institution of higher education</span> shall develop policies for counting credit received for successful completion of foreign language courses, including American Sign Language courses, either in a secondary school or another institution of higher education toward satisfaction of the foreign language entrance, placement, and course credit requirements of the <span class="dictionary">public institution of higher education</span> that are uniform across each foreign language program offered by the institution. <a id="paragraph-260818" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-905/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Each <span class="dictionary">public institution of higher education</span> shall count credit received for successful completion of American Sign Language courses at the institution toward satisfaction of its foreign language course credit requirements. <a id="paragraph-260819" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-905/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2011, c. 762, &#xA7; 23-9.2:3.9; 2016, c. 588; 2017, c. 292.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
