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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="4-137" title_number="4" title_name="Local School Administration" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="County Boards of Education">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Each county board shall take reasonable steps to provide equal access to public services for individuals with limited English proficiency.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Reasonable steps to provide equal access to public services under subsection (a) of this section include:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The provision of oral language services for parents and guardians with limited English proficiency, which must be through face–to–face, in–house oral language services if in–person contact is on a weekly or more frequent basis; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The translation of vital documents ordinarily provided to the public into any language spoken by any limited English proficient population that constitutes at least 3% of the overall population within the county as measured by the United States Census.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
