Bill > A00456

This bill establishes the "Education Equity Act" which provides language assistance to parents or guardians whose primary language is not English and have children enrolled in public schools. It defines key terms like "covered languages" (the most commonly spoken languages other than English in a school district), "primary language" (the primary language spoken by a student's parents or guardians), and "school district." The bill requires each school district to annually prepare a language assistance plan, determine the primary language of enrolled students' parents or guardians, provide interpretation and translation services in the covered languages, and notify parents and guardians of their rights to these services. It also requires the Department of Education to create a website with information on these language assistance services, and mandates annual reporting by school districts on their language assistance efforts.