Establishes the education equity act which provides language assistance to parents/guardians who have children enrolled in public school and who do not speak English
Summary
Establishes the "education equity act" which provides language assistance to parents or guardians who have children enrolled in public school and whose primary language is not English; defines terms; creates an annual language assistance plan to assess language needs in the district; requires the department of education to establish web pages detailing the rights of parents to translation services in each covered language; requires annual reports by each school district to the local board of education.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
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Governor
Introduced Jan 30, 2019
Last action Feb 4, 2020
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3
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Feb 4, 2020
Senate · Amendment adopted
PRINT NUMBER 2939A
Feb 4, 2020
Senate · Referred to committee
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION
Jan 8, 2020
Senate · Referred to committee
REFERRED TO EDUCATION
Jan 30, 2019
Senate · Referred to committee
REFERRED TO EDUCATION
1 primary · 5 co-sponsors
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