Official Text and Analysis.

Establishes four principles of an effective language access program for culturally responsive, systemic family engagement.

Requires school districts, charter schools, the state School for the Blind, and the Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Youth to designate a language access liaison to facilitate district compliance with state and federal laws related to family engagement and allows any language access coordinator to be the language access liaison.

Modifies the date by which implementation of a language access program is required from the 2022-23 school year to the 2023-24 school year. Removes language access liaison and language access program implementation requirements for school districts that have both fewer than 1,000 enrolled students and less than 10 percent English learner enrollment. Specifies that any activities provided by OSPI or PESB, rather than state-controlled activities, that are required to meet credentialing requirements must be made available at no cost to people who want to be interpreters.

(1) Removes requirements that school districts collect feedback from participants in each interpreted meeting and that school districts make the feedback publicly accessible twice per year. (2) Requires school districts, beginning in the 2023-24 school year, to provide an opportunity for participants in each interpreted meeting to provide feedback on the effectiveness of the interpretation and the provision of language access services.

House concurred in Senate amendments. Passed final passage.