ASL becomes an official foreign language in Alabama</tile> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="description" content="ASL becomes an official foreign language in Alabama"> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="ASL,becomes,an,official,foreign,language,in,Alabama"> </head> <body> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="10" height="39"> </td> <td width="99%" height="39"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="16%"><a href="http://inttranews.inttra.net"><img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/images/inttranews_grey_2.jpg" width="192" height="37" border="0"></a></td> <td width="50%" valign="middle"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">KNOW.<br> HOW.</font></b></font> </p> </td> <td width="34%" align="right" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#666666">02-03-2005</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <b>ASL becomes an official foreign language in Alabama</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/img_news/img_xbzJAbvyuI3S2RZ0Ezfk_0.jpeg" align="left" vspace="5" hspace="5" ><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Alabama, USA (Tuscaloosa News): A bill to make American Sign Language an official foreign language in Alabama schools was passed on Tuesday. Even a few lawmakers on the floor of the House raised their hands - a way of applauding for the deaf - when the bill passed the House on a 96-0 vote. It now goes to the Senate. <br>There are more than 35,000 deaf Alabama residents who use American Sign Language. Making it an official foreign language should also encourage more people to become sign language interpreters <br> <br>For more information, please visit: <br><a href="http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050301/APN/503011163 " target="blank">www.tuscaloosanews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050301/APN/503011163 </a> <br></font></td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show