BYU Education & Law Journal
Keywords
pandemic, communication, school district
Abstract
This article examines some of the obstacles that LEP parents have experienced with the NYCDOE during the pandemic, the impact these obstacles have had on their children’s education, and whether the NYCDOE’s refusal to provide language access amounts to a denial of a sound basic education under state constitutional law.12 I chose to focus primarily on New York City because it boasts the nation’s largest school system, with nearly 1.1 million students, and is comprised of 1,876 schools.13 A large share of these students have significant language needs. In New York state, forty-six percent of children in low-income families have one or more foreign- born parents, a figure considerably higher than the national average of thirty-two percent.14
Recommended Citation
Leipziger, Amy
(2021)
"Watch Your Language: How A School District's Failure To Provide Meaningful Communication Has Impacted Students During the Pandemic,"
BYU Education & Law Journal: Vol. 2021:
Iss.
1, Article 4.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/byu_elj/vol2021/iss1/4
