Request for Information: Translation and Interpretation Language Access Services

Agency:	State Government of Connecticut
State:	Connecticut
Type of Government:	State & Local
NAICS Category:	541930 - Translation and Interpretation Services
Posted Date:	Mar 22, 2024
Due Date:	Apr 26, 2024
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RFI:004

Request for Information: Translation and Interpretation Language Access Services
Request for Information: Translation and Interpretation Language Access Services

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Purpose: The CSDE requests information from interested parties who may provide translation and/or interpretation services in-person, by telephone, or through an online technology platform for all parents or guardians of students and specifically parents or guardians of students who are English learners/Multilingual learners (ELs/MLs) during critical interactions and important communications in the school setting.

Date Posted: March 22, 2024
Deadline date: April 26, 2024

Contact: irene.parisi@ct.gov
Phone: 860-713-6852

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Connecticut State Department of Education

Academic Office

Charlene M. Russell-Tucker

Commissioner of Education

Request for Information

RFI 004

Translation and Interpretation

Language Access Services

The Connecticut State Department of Education is committed to a policy of equal

opportunity/affirmative action for all qualified persons. The Connecticut Department of

Education does not discriminate in any employment practice, education program, or educational

activity on the basis of race; color; religious creed; age; sex; pregnancy; sexual orientation;

workplace hazards to reproductive systems; gender identity or expression; marital status;

national origin; ancestry; retaliation for previously opposed discrimination or coercion;

intellectual disability; genetic information; learning disability; physical disability (including, but

not limited to, blindness); mental disability (past/present history thereof); military or veteran

status; status as a victim of domestic violence; or criminal record in state employment, unless

there is a bona fide occupational qualification excluding persons in any of the aforementioned

protected classes. Inquiries regarding the Connecticut State Department of Education’s

nondiscrimination policies should be directed to: Attorney Louis Todisco, Connecticut State

Department of Education, by mail 450 Columbus Boulevard, Hartford, CT 06103-1841; or by

telephone 860-713-6594; or by email louis.todisco@ct.gov.

The Connecticut State Department of Education is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity

Employer.

Contents

Part I. Information........................................................................................................................... 4

Legal Authority: ........................................................................................................................... 4

Contact Information: ................................................................................................................... 4

Schedule: ..................................................................................................................................... 5

Freedom of Information: ............................................................................................................. 5

Part II. Request for Information ...................................................................................................... 5

Background:................................................................................................................................. 5

Scope: .......................................................................................................................................... 6

Responses to the RFI: .................................................................................................................. 6

Part III. Informational Documentation Requirements: ................................................................... 7

Submission Information: ............................................................................................................. 7

Part IV. Definitions........................................................................................................................... 8

Part I. Information

Legal Authority:

Public Act 23-150 Sections 17 states that the State Board of Education shall draft a written bill of

rights for parents or guardians of students who are multilingual learners to guarantee that the

rights of such parents and students are adequately safeguarded and protected in the provision

of bilingual education under chapter 164 of the general statutes, and that each and local or

regional board of education providing a program of bilingual education or English as a new

language shall share this bill of rights with parents or guardians of eligible students in the

dominant language of the parents or guardians and make copies available on the internet

website of the board.

P.A. 23-150 (17) (a) (3) states the right of a multilingual learner student to have translation

services provided (A) by an interpreter who is present in person or available by telephone or

through an online technology platform, or (B) through an Internet web site or other electronic

application approved by the State Board of Education, during critical interactions with teachers

and administrators, including, but not limited to, parent - teacher conferences, meetings with

administrators of the school in which such student is attending, and at properly noticed regular

or special meetings of the board of education or scheduled meetings with a member or

members of the board of education responsible for educating such student, in accordance with

section 18 of this act.

Section 18 states that each local and regional board of education shall, upon request of the

parent or guardian of a multilingual learner student or of the multilingual learner student,

provide translation services to such parent or guardian and student at a properly noticed

regular or special meeting of such board or a scheduled meeting with a member or members of

such board. Such request for translation services shall be made at least one day in advance of

such meeting of the board or with a member or members of such board. The term “Multilingual

learning” has the same meaning as “English learner” as defined in 20 United States Code

Section 7801.

Contact Information:

Questions concerning this Request for Information (RFI) may be directed to the CSDE Academic

Office, Irene Parisi, Chief Academic Officer (Irene.Parisi@ct.gov or 860-713-6852).

Schedule:

Task

Issue RFI

Receive

Questions

from

Prospective

RFI

Respondents

Amend the

RFI and

Answer

Submitted

Questions

Organization/Agent

CSDE

Required Action

Post the RFI on the Department of

Administrative Services (DAS) State

Contracting Portal and the CSDE Website.

Date

March

22, 2024

Prospective RFI

Respondents

Review the RFI and submit any questions

via email to Irene.Parisi@ct.gov.

March

22 - 29,

2024

CSDE

Post addendum to the DAS page:

https://portal.ct.gov/DAS/CTSource/BidBoard

and the CSDE RFP page:

https://portal.ct.gov/SDE/RFP/Request-for-

Proposals/2024-RFPs

April 3,

2024

Submit

Information

RFI Respondents

Submit information to the CSDE by email to April 26,

Irene.Parisi@ct.gov.

2024

Freedom of Information:

This RFI is being issued solely for informational planning purposes and does not constitute a

solicitation. Pursuant to Connecticut General Statutes (C.G.S.). Section 1-210 et seq. (FOIA), all

questions and responses to this RFI are considered public records and every person shall have

the right to (1) inspect such records promptly during regular office or business hours; (2) copy

such records in accordance with C.G.S. Section 1-212(g); or (3) receive a copy of such records in

accordance with C.G.S. Section 1-212.

Part II. Request for Information

Background:

The CSDE requests information from interested parties who may provide translation and/or

interpretation services in-person, by telephone, or through an online technology platform for all

parents or guardians of students and specifically parents or guardians of students who are

English learners/multilingual learners (ELs/MLs) during critical interactions and important

communications in the school setting.

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