The Ohio House has passed a bill that would acknowledge students with high second- language skills. Lawmakers hope the move will better advertise valuable job skills.
Hudson High School graduate, Kathleen Greer鈥檚 offered multi-lingual testimony in favor of the . The seal would be an add-on to Ohio high-school diplomas showing high proficiency in a foreign language.
tasks the state Department of Education to come up with an assessment to gauge students鈥� language abilities.
, associate professor of foreign language education at , testified to the House Education Committee earlier this year encouraging the adoption of the seal.
鈥淚t would recognize and validate the skills that students have a second language, whether it be French, Spanish, Chinese, German" as well as sign language and Native-American languages.
Advocates of the seal say it would demonstrate language achievement to both colleges and prospective employers.
The bill now goes to the Ohio Senate.
