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A00250 Summary:

BILL NOA00250 

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SAME ASSAME AS S01371

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SPONSORRozic (MS)

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COSPNSRBichotte Hermelyn, Colton, Simon, Weprin, Mamdani, Seawright, Forrest, Burdick, Kim, Cunningham,
 Shimsky, Gonzalez-Rojas, Hevesi, Sayegh, Tapia, Epstein, McDonough, Zaccaro, Lunsford, Dilan,
 Burroughs

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MLTSPNSRCook

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Add Art 67 §§3330 - 3339, Ed L

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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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BILL NOA00250 

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01/08/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 250

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ROZIC, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, COLTON, SIMON, WEPRIN,
 MAMDANI, SEAWRIGHT, FORREST, BURDICK, KIM -- 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:

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "education
 2 equity act".
 3 § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new article 67 to read
 4 as follows:
 5 ARTICLE 67
 6 EDUCATION EQUITY ACT
 7 Section 3330. Definitions.
 8 3331. School-based language assistance plans.
 9 3332. Determination of primary language.
 10 3333. Interpretation services required.
 11 3334. Translation services required.
 12 3335. Notice to parents and guardians.
 13 3336. Certification of translation.
 14 3337. Department of education website.
 15 3338. Reporting.
 16 3339. General provisions.
 17 § 3330. Definitions. Wherever used in this article, the following
 18 terms shall have the respective meanings hereinafter set forth or indi-
 19 cated:
 20 1. Covered languages. The term "covered languages" means two of the
 21 most commonly spoken languages, other than English, being spoken by at
 22 least two percent, rounded to the nearest percentile, of the population
 23 in a school district within a city, village or town having a population

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01371-01-5

 A. 250 2

 1 of less than one hundred twenty-five thousand inhabitants, two of the
 2 most commonly spoken languages, other than English, being spoken by at
 3 least two percent, rounded to the nearest percentile, of the population
 4 in a school district within a city having a population of one hundred
 5 twenty-five thousand inhabitants or more, eight of the most commonly
 6 spoken languages, other than English, being spoken in a community
 7 district, as defined in article fifty-two-A of this chapter, within a
 8 city having a population of one million or more inhabitants. Such infor-
 9 mation shall be reported by a source deemed reliable by the local
 10 department of education, except that in a city having a population of
 11 one million or more inhabitants, such information shall be deemed reli-
 12 able by the New York city department of city planning or such other city
 13 agency as the New York city department of education deems a reliable
 14 source of such information.
 15 2. Primary language. The term "primary language" means the primary
 16 language spoken by a student's parents or guardians, as expressed to the
 17 department by such parents or guardians.
 18 3. School district. The term "school district" means each school
 19 district within the state of New York including those within a city
 20 having a population of one hundred twenty-five thousand or more inhabit-