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Title
Language Access Plan: Language Access Subcommittee (Action Required)
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Summary
Summary
To strengthen the California judiciary’s capacity to meet the needs of millions
of people with limited English proficiency, the Judicial Council charged the
Language Access Plan Implementation Task Force with implementing the
Strategic Plan for Language Access in the California Courts. This report
offers a brief description of progress to date on implementation of the plan
and a summary of next steps to ensure its ongoing implementation. The report
recommends that the council create a standing Language Access Subcommittee
under the Advisory Committee on Providing Access and Fairness to help ensure
that the remaining plan recommendations are implemented after the task force
sunsets on March 1, 2019.
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Recommendation
Recommendation
The Language Access Plan Implementation Task Force recommends that the Judicial Council, effective March 1, 2019, approve the formation of a standing Language Access Subcommittee under the Advisory Committee on Providing Access and Fairness.
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Speakers
Speakers
Hon. Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, Chair, Language Access Plan Implementation
Task Force
Mr. Douglas Denton, Language Access Services