What is Limited English Proficiency?
Limited English Proficiency (LEP) comes from the Presidential Executive Order 13166, “Improving Access to Services for Persons with Limited English Proficiency”, signed in 2000. Federal agencies are required to examine their services, identify needed services for those with limited English proficiency and ensure those persons have meaningful access to those services. Due to Washington state’s large increase in immigration, limited English proficiency should addressed in most public involvement plans. In your social analysis, you are “painting a picture” of the community. Including your discussion of limited English proficiency in the social analysis section of an environmental document, will help you to “paint that picture”. In addition, discussing LEP only in the environmental justice section does not allow you to discuss recent immigrants from European countries who may not be minority nor low-income. You should also consider LEP when you discuss environmental justice, considering th
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- Does the Commission provide interpreters for appellants who have limited English proficiency or who are deaf or hard of hearing?
- What are ways to access documented indicators of literacy and limited English proficiency at a sub-State level?
- Do the writing gateways apply to students with disabilities/students with limited English proficiency?
