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Your Right to an Interpreter

Community-reviewedVerified against Title VI and OSPI language access guidance, July 2026

You have the right to a qualified interpreter, at no cost, for every school meeting and every important document. This is the district legal duty under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, not a favor. Ask in advance, name your language and dialect, and ask when you sign up for conferences rather than at the door. A meeting you could not fully follow is a meeting that is not finished.

Your next step is a person

Your district language access line; each district page in the library names the local route.

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