Legal Rights & Advocacy Tools: Supporting Immigrant and Multilingual Parents and Students in the Special Education Process

List of resources shared during the webinar:

• US Dept of Education Office for Civil Rights/ multilingual fact sheets on Schools' Civil Rights Obligations to English Learner Students and Limited English Proficient Parents at https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/ellresources.html

• For more information on the school interpreter bill and how to support advocacy, go to https://www.massadvocates.org/interpreter-bill

• For your organization to endorse the school interpreter bill complete the following form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScZttSIvYVYmg89KTXvkHr-WCUgyIUCIfQHYK_dj6815ZmZvw/viewform

• See US Dept of Ed 2016 English Learner Toolkit at https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oela/english-learner-toolkit/chap6.pdf

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