NY A02179 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: Introduced on January 22 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-11 - print number 2179a
Pending: Assembly Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

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; requires annual reports by each school district to the local board of education.

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Title

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; requires annual reports by each school district to the local board of education.

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History

DateChamberAction
2020-02-11Assemblyprint number 2179a
2020-02-11Assemblyamend and recommit to education
2020-01-08Assemblyreferred to education
2019-01-22Assemblyreferred to education

Same As/Similar To

S02939 (Same As) 2020-02-04 - PRINT NUMBER 2939A

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