Bill > A02179

This bill establishes the "education equity act" which provides language assistance to parents or guardians whose primary language is not English and who have children enrolled in public school. The bill defines key terms, creates an annual language assistance plan to assess district needs, requires the Department of Education to establish web pages detailing parents' rights to translation services, and mandates annual reporting by school districts on language assistance services provided. The bill also outlines specific requirements for interpretation and translation services that school districts must provide to non-English-speaking parents and guardians.