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Committee backs language access education program after wide support from immigrant and legal advocates
Summary
The committee advanced SB 3238 SD1 to create a University of Hawaii language access education and workforce development program, with witnesses arguing the program will expand interpreter capacity and help non'English speakers recover from recent disasters.
The House Higher Education Committee voted to pass SB 3238 SD1 with amendments after extensive testimony from immigrant rights groups, legal clinics and university representatives who described the state's language diversity and pressing needs for trained interpreters and translators.
Yasmin Chaney, representing the Commission on the Status of Women, told…
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