ROLE OF LANGUAGE ACCESS COALITION

1209.1 The D.C. Language Access Coalition (“LA Coalition”) shall serve in an external non-governmental role consulting on the implementation of the Act. The LA Coalition shall have no authority to make final decisions. In addition, the LA Coalition shall have no obligation to fulfill governmental obligations for providing language access to LEP/NEP individuals, unless its members are contractually or by means of a grant required to do so through the District government.

1209.2 The LA Director shall consult with the LA Coalition on the following:

(a) Data Collection;

(b) Development and modification of BLAPs;

(c) Identification of additional covered entities to be named under the Act as “covered entities with major public contact;” and

(d) Overall implementation of the Language Access Act.

1209.3 Consultation pursuant to § 1209.2 requires that the LA Director notify the Coalition of activities that would significantly impact the implementation of the Act with sufficient notice so as to allow the Coalition to provide meaningful input, and give reasonable consideration to the Coalition’s input, which may, where appropriate, lead to changes or modifications in decisions.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 55 DCR 6348 (June 6, 2008).