What foreign languages are covered by the DC Language Access Act?
Based on US Census Data for the year 2000, data from the Brookings Institution, and data collected by DC Public Schools and individual covered entities, the District government as a whole presently serves the following LEP foreign languages (presented in alphabetical order): • Amharic • Korean • Chinese • Spanish • French • Vietnamese These LEP foreign languages meet the Acts threshold of 3 percent or 500 individuals, whichever is fewer, of the LEP populations served or encountered or likely to be served or encountered by a covered entity. Although these language populations meet the threshold for the entire District, the Act requires that covered entities provide oral and written language services to their individual LEP constituent population(s) that meets the designated threshold of 3 percent or 500 individuals, whichever is fewer, of the population served or encountered or likely to be served or encountered. This means that covered entities may serve different LEP populations. For
