The ACLU of Ohio, SEIU and the Ohio Latino Commission are opposing HB 477 (sponsored by a Republican), which would require public agencies to conduct business and keep records in English. This of course, would prevent thousands of non-English speakers from effectively receiving services. The bill would make it illegal to conduct official business such as meetings in any language other than English. If there are official printed materials that said public agency creates, there must be a separate line item in its budget for printing in other languages.
I'm trying to make heads or tails of this, but this just seems like a waste of legislation because it's not as if public agencies are running around holding meetings in Tagalog. It is stealth legislation designed to create a hostile environment for non-English speakers aka immigrants in the state of Ohio. The ACLU of Ohio encourages people to contact their reps about HB 477 and encourage them (obviously) to not vote for it.
Just a little FYI.
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Why in the world would anyone oppose legislation like this?
If immigrants don't learn English, how do they expect to function in our society?
Gee, Gramps. Because this isn't about learning English, this is about xenophobia. I'm all for learning the dominant language of your environment, but this legislation was downright unnecessary because shit was already in English. Mandating it is pointless - it wasn't like Mandarin or Spanish was going to invade our public processes anytime soon. Furthermore, there is a sharp differential between people needing and wanting ESL classes and the number of said classes that are accessible, affordable and available.
Geez.
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