HB0302S01 | Educational Language Services Amendments

Description
General Description: 

This bill enacts provisions relating to services for students learning English.

Highlighted Provisions: 

11          This bill:
12          ▸     amends provisions related to family engagement with the education process;
13          ▸     requires an LEA to adopt a policy facilitating assistance to students learning English

16          ▸     establishes the Educational Interpretation and Translation Services Procurement
17     Advisory Council (council);
18          ▸     requires the State Board of Education to provide information to the council;
19          ▸     requires the council to advise the purchasing director of the Division of Purchasing
20     and General Services on certain services for students learning English;
21          ▸     requires the council to report to the Education Interim Committee;

Bill Details
Year: 
2022
Status: 
Governor Signed
Last Action: 
Mar 24, 2022
Sponsor
Representative
Republican - District 3
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note Amount: 
$0
None
Utah PTA Response
Utah PTA Position
Support
Impact on Children: 

Meaningful and clear home-school communication is vital to parents because schools need to partner with parents. The parent is the child’s first teacher and the most important teacher of all. Families need to understand correctly in order to effectively partner. Students with engaged families have a better chance at school success.

Commission: 
Family Life
Utah PTA Public Policy Program
National PTA and Utah PTA Position Statements: 

SUPPORT FOR NEWCOMER AND REFUGEE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES
That Utah PTA and its constituent associations support efforts to provide interpretation and translation services to refugees and encourage individual teachers and staff be made aware of the availability and instructed on the use of services to increase family understanding and engagement in order to meet the unique needs of every family and child, leading to better gains in academics and student behavior;

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