S1371 (2025-26 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
- 2025-26 session
- Status
- In Senate Committee
- Latest action date
- 2026-01-07
- In committee
- Education
- Introduced
- 2025-01-09
- Same as
- A250
- Law section
- Education Law
Sponsors
- José M. Serrano State Senator, District 29
Co-sponsors
- Brian Kavanagh State Senator, District 27
- Jamaal T. Bailey State Senator, District 36
- James Sanders Jr. State Senator, District 10
- Jessica Ramos State Senator, District 13
- Julia Salazar State Senator, District 18
- Luis R. Sepúlveda State Senator, District 32
Heard in committee
- Education NY State Senate committee
Same as
- A250 (2025-26 session) NY State bill