Wednesday, August 15, 2018

Sessions' DOJ compels school district to communicate to parents in 'language they can understand'

Sessions' DOJ compels school district to communicate to parents in 'language they can understand'
See the source image"The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Rhode Island announced on Monday that they had reached a settlement with the school district of Providence, Rhode Island, to provide English language services to the district’s 8,000 students who are not fluent in English, and to communicate with the parents about school offerings in “a language they understand,” thus providing interpretation services. 
...The Justice Department declared in its statement, that the Providence school district is now required to properly identify and place students who are not proficient in English upon their enrollment in the district’s 41 schools, and “communicate with parents about program offerings and other essential information in a language they understand..."
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