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.
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in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
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Governor
Introduced Jan 9, 2025
Last action Jan 7, 2026
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2
Jan 7, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO EDUCATION
upper
Jan 9, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO EDUCATION
upper
1 primary · 6 co-sponsors
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