Senate Bill S1697

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires school districts to establish a language assistance program for limited English proficient parents of students

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-S1697 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §305, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S8634
2021-2022: S635
2023-2024: S463

2019-S1697 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires school districts to establish a language assistance program for limited English proficient parents of students; requires record keeping and annual reporting; permits districts to jointly establish such programs.

2019-S1697 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S1697 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1697
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 15, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education  law, in relation to requiring public
   school districts to provide language  assistance  to  limited  English
   proficient parents of students

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 57 to read as follows:
   57. A. ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS SHALL ESTABLISH    A  LANGUAGE  ASSISTANCE
 PROGRAM  WHERE  LIMITED  ENGLISH PROFICIENT PARENTS WOULD HAVE EFFECTIVE
 ACCESS TO COMMUNICATE WITH TEACHERS AND SCHOOL PERSONNEL.  THIS  COMPRE-
 HENSIVE PROGRAM SHALL INCLUDE, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO:
   (1) PROVIDING THAT ALL FREQUENTLY USED FORMS AND OTHER WRITTEN MATERI-
 ALS  THAT  ARE  SENT  HOME  TO LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENT PARENTS ARE IN
 THEIR PRIMARY LANGUAGE;
   (2)  PROVIDING  LANGUAGE  ASSISTANCE  TO  LIMITED  ENGLISH  PROFICIENT
 PARENTS  IN  THEIR  PRIMARY  LANGUAGE  WHO CALL OR COME INTO SCHOOL WITH
 CONCERNS RELATED TO THEIR CHILD'S SCHOOLING;
   (3) PROVIDING LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE SERVICES TO LIMITED  ENGLISH  PROFI-
 CIENT  PARENTS IN THEIR PRIMARY LANGUAGE TO FACILITATE PARENT ATTENDANCE
 AT SCHOOL-SPONSORED PROGRAMS DESIGNED  FOR  COMMUNICATION  WITH  PARENTS
 INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS AND
 SCHOOL FAIRS.
   B.  A  NOTICE  OF THE AVAILABILITY OF THE LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
 FOR LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENT PARENTS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH
 A OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE MAILED  TO  THE  HOMES  OF  SUCH  LIMITED
 ENGLISH  PROFICIENT  PARENTS  IN  A  NOTICE  WRITTEN  IN  THEIR  PRIMARY
 LANGUAGE.
   C. EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL KEEP A RECORD DOCUMENTING  ITS  LANGUAGE
 ASSISTANCE  PROGRAM  AND  SHALL  SUBMIT A SUMMARY REPORT ANNUALLY TO THE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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