NY A05963 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: Introduced on March 3 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-01-30 - print number 5963a
Pending: Assembly Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on March 3 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-01-30 - print number 5963a
Pending: Assembly Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [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.
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.
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2012-01-30 | Assembly | print number 5963a |
| 2012-01-30 | Assembly | amend and recommit to education |
| 2012-01-04 | Assembly | referred to education |
| 2011-03-03 | Assembly | referred to education |
Same As/Similar To
S02718 (Same As) 2012-01-25 - PRINT NUMBER 2718A
