A456 (2023-24 session)

NY State bill

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.

Title
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
Type
New York State Assembly bill
Session
2023-24 session
Status
In Assembly Committee
Latest action date
2024-01-03
In committee
Education
Introduced
2023-01-09
Same as
S1516
Law section
Education Law

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Heard in committee

Same as

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