S1516 (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 Senate bill
- Session
- 2023-24 session
- Status
- In Senate Committee
- Latest action date
- 2024-01-03
- In committee
- Education
- Introduced
- 2023-01-12
- Same as
- A456
- Law section
- Education Law
Sponsors
- José M. Serrano State Senator, District 29
Co-sponsors
Heard in committee
- Education NY State Senate committee
Same as
- A456 (2023-24 session) NY State bill