Administration of government; language accessequity; report. Establishes the Interagency Language Access WorkingGroup in the Office of the Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusionwith the following membership: the Director of Diversity, Equity,and Inclusion, the Director of the Office of the Children's Ombudsman,the Governor's Secretaries, and six nonlegislative citizen membersrepresenting organizations that represent individuals with languageaccess needs. The Working Group is established for the purpose ofmaximizing state policies, resources, technical assistance, and procurementpractices to further language access and equity in the Commonwealthand its state government agencies. The bill also requires each stateagency to designate a language access coordinator who will be responsiblefor the agency's annual language access report, the requirementsof which are set out in the bill. The Secretary of Administrationis directed to establish criteria for state agencies to procurelanguage interpretation and translation services and to establisha policy for compensating multilingual state employees who are requiredas part of their job to provide interpretation, translation, or other bilingual skills at least once a month.
Del. Betsy Carr
Sponsored bills
Late Onset Hearing Loss Awareness Week.Designates May 4 through 10, in 2022 and in each succeeding year,as Late Onset Hearing Loss Awareness Week in Virginia.
Delinquent tax lands; disposition. Authorizes localities to petition the circuit court to appoint a special commissioner to, in lieu of a sale at public auction, convey certain real estate having delinquent taxes or liens to the locality's land bank entity or an existing nonprofit entity designated by the locality to carry out the functions of a land bank entity. Currently, such real estate may be conveyed only to the locality itself. The bill also allows real estate that contains a derelict building and has delinquent taxes and liens exceeding 25 percent of its assessed value to be conveyed via special commissioner, in lieu of a sale at public auction, to the locality, the locality's land bank entity, or such existing nonprofit entity. The bill requires a land bank entity or existing nonprofit entity that receives such parcels to pay any surplusage above the amount of unpaid taxes or liens to the former owners or other parties with an interest in the property.
Commending the Honorable Roslyn C. Tyler.
Commending the Richmond Ambulance Authority.
Commending Donna Lawson.
Commending the Richmond Free Press.
Public schools; English language learners. Requires state funding to be provided to support new divisionwide ratiosof English learner students in average daily membership to full-time equivalent teaching positions, as follows: (i) for each English language learner identified as proficiency level one, one position per 25students; (ii) for each English language learner identified as proficiencylevel two, one position per 30 students; (iii) for each English languagelearner identified as proficiency level three, one position per 40 students; and (iv) for all other English language learners, one positionper 50 students. Under the bill, in order to provide additional supportfor instruction of English language learners, $150 shall be appropriatedin year one to divisions for each English learner student to supportprofessional development of instructional and support staff, purchaseresources developed for students learning English, and offer grantsto community-based organizations that offer support services to Englishlanguage learners in school settings.
Elections; removal of officers; recall elections; petition. Provides for the removal of certain elected officers and officers appointed to elected offices by recall referendum. The bill requires a petition for recall be signed by 30 percent of the total number of votes cast at the last election for the office for which a recall is sought.
Celebrating the life of Linda Holt Armstrong.