Multilingual news, june 28, 2022
Illinois’s House Bill 5214 (HB 5214) — which expands access to interpreters in the state’s public schools — was approved earlier this month, going into effect immediately as of June 10.
As MultiLingual reported in April, Illinois is one of a couple of states throughout the United States that has been looking to improve language access in the school system for non-English-speaking parents. Prior to the approval of HB 5214, the state’s public school system only required the presence of an interpreter if a non-English-speaking or deaf parent was attending a meeting for the development of an Individualized Education Program for their child.