Assembly Bill A456

2023-2024 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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2023-A456 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1516
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
2019-2020: A2179, S2939
2021-2022: A407, S1429

2023-A456 (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

2023-A456 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    456
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. ROZIC, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, COLTON, SIMON, WEPRIN,
   MAMDANI, SEAWRIGHT, FORREST -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. 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.
                                                            LBD02253-01-3
              

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