Assembly Bill A2179A

2019-2020 Legislative Session

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

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  • 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-A2179 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2939
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 67 §§3330 - 3339, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A7390, S1326
2011-2012: A5963, S2718
2013-2014: A1975, S923
2015-2016: A2682, S711
2017-2018: A1317, S3206
2021-2022: A407, S1429
2023-2024: A456, S1516

2019-A2179 - 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

2019-A2179 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2179
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 22, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. ROZIC, BICHOTTE, COLTON, ORTIZ, SIMON -- Multi-
   Sponsored by -- M. of A. ABBATE, COOK -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education  law,  in  relation  to  establishing  the
   education equity act
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the  "education
 equity act".
   §  2.  The education law is amended by adding a new article 67 to read
 as follows:
                                ARTICLE 67
                           EDUCATION EQUITY ACT
 SECTION 3330. DEFINITIONS.
         3331. SCHOOL-BASED LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE PLANS.
         3332. DETERMINATION OF PRIMARY LANGUAGE.
         3333. INTERPRETATION SERVICES REQUIRED.
         3334. TRANSLATION SERVICES REQUIRED.
         3335. NOTICE TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS.
         3336. CERTIFICATION OF TRANSLATION.
         3337. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION WEBSITE.
         3338. REPORTING.
         3339. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
   § 3330. DEFINITIONS. WHEREVER USED  IN  THIS  ARTICLE,  THE  FOLLOWING
 TERMS  SHALL HAVE THE RESPECTIVE MEANINGS HEREINAFTER SET FORTH OR INDI-
 CATED:
   1. COVERED LANGUAGES. THE TERM "COVERED LANGUAGES" MEANS  TWO  OF  THE
 MOST  COMMONLY  SPOKEN LANGUAGES, OTHER THAN ENGLISH, BEING SPOKEN BY AT
 LEAST TWO PERCENT, ROUNDED TO THE NEAREST PERCENTILE, OF THE  POPULATION
 IN  A SCHOOL DISTRICT WITHIN A CITY, VILLAGE OR TOWN HAVING A POPULATION
 OF LESS THAN ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND INHABITANTS,  TWO  OF  THE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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2019-A2179A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2939
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 67 §§3330 - 3339, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A7390, S1326
2011-2012: A5963, S2718
2013-2014: A1975, S923
2015-2016: A2682, S711
2017-2018: A1317, S3206
2021-2022: A407, S1429
2023-2024: A456, S1516

2019-A2179A (ACTIVE) - 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

2019-A2179A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  2179--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 22, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. ROZIC, BICHOTTE, COLTON, ORTIZ, SIMON -- Multi-
   Sponsored by -- M. of A. ABBATE, COOK -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Education -- recommitted to the Committee on Education in
   accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee
 
 AN ACT to amend the education  law,  in  relation  to  establishing  the
   education equity act
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the  "education
 equity act".
   §  2.  The education law is amended by adding a new article 67 to read
 as follows:
                                ARTICLE 67
                           EDUCATION EQUITY ACT
 SECTION 3330. DEFINITIONS.
         3331. SCHOOL-BASED LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE PLANS.
         3332. DETERMINATION OF PRIMARY LANGUAGE.
         3333. INTERPRETATION SERVICES REQUIRED.
         3334. TRANSLATION SERVICES REQUIRED.
         3335. NOTICE TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS.
         3336. CERTIFICATION OF TRANSLATION.
         3337. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION WEBSITE.
         3338. REPORTING.
         3339. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
   § 3330. DEFINITIONS. WHEREVER USED  IN  THIS  ARTICLE,  THE  FOLLOWING
 TERMS  SHALL HAVE THE RESPECTIVE MEANINGS HEREINAFTER SET FORTH OR INDI-
 CATED:
   1. COVERED LANGUAGES. THE TERM "COVERED LANGUAGES" MEANS  TWO  OF  THE
 MOST  COMMONLY  SPOKEN LANGUAGES, OTHER THAN ENGLISH, BEING SPOKEN BY AT
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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