Language Access Advisory Committee

Resources

Next Meeting

Language Access Advisory Committee meeting Wednesday, March 5, 2025, 1:00 - 4:00 pm. Zoom Link 

Convened by OSPI, the Language Access Advisory Committee (LAAC) is charged by RCW 28A.183.070 to guide, monitor, and make recommendations on the following topics:

  • The effectiveness of language access policies, procedures, and programs;
  • Family and community engagement, with a focus on multicultural families, families whose students have multiple barriers to student achievement, and families least engaged with their schools;
  • The definition of "qualified interpreter";
  • Supply of and demand for interpreters;
  • Training for interpreters;
  • Credentialing requirements for interpreters, including a code of professional conduct;
  • Grants to cover nonstate controlled interpreter credentialing requirement costs;
  • Language access and language access service data collection and analysis; and
  • Evidence-based practices regarding language access, including best practice for using state and federal funding to provide language access services.

Meetings

Meetings are open to the public. If you need accommodations or language interpretation, please contact our CISL office ten days prior to the meeting.

Publications

2025 Meeting Minutes
2024 Publications

Authorizing Legislation

RCW 28A.183.070

2023 LAAC Membership

Name Representing
Name Alfonso López Representing Wenatchee School District
Name Angela Jovel Representing Parent
Name Angelica Alvarez Representing Educational Service District 121
Name Becky Engel Representing Clark College
Name Charlene Williams
*Melissa Klindtworth (alternate)		 Representing Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Youth (CDHY)
Name Erin Sullivan Representing Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Youth (CDHY)
Name Fanny Cordero Representing Independent Interpreter
Name Heather White Representing Washington School for the Deaf
Name Helen Eby Representing Independent Interpreter
Name Holly Bocchi Representing Clover Park School District
Name Joan Ramos
* Jesus Torres (alternate)		 Representing Washington State Coalition for Language Access (WASCLA)
Name Karina Vanderbilt Representing Educational Service District 121
Name Kimberley Scott Olson Representing Independent Teacher for the Deaf
Name Liliana Villanueva Representing Parent
Name Lin Crowley Representing Asian Pacific Islander Coalition (APIC)
Name Matt Dressen Representing Professional Educator Standards Board (PESB)
Name Michael Nguyen Representing Professional Educator Standards Board (PESB)
Name Milena Calderari Waldron Representing 1671 Interpreters United
Name Minh Nguyen
*Emani Donaldson (alternate)
*Moses Perez (alternate)		 Representing Open Doors for Multicultural Families
Name Mohammed Akmoosh Representing Independent Interpreter
Name Monique Dugaw Representing Educational Service District 112
Name Nasue Nishida Representing Washington Education Association (WEA)
Name Tami Lentz Representing Snohomish School District
Name Taralynn Petrites Representing Central Washington University
Name Rebeca Pinzon Representing Highline School District
Name Waiyan Lee Representing Parent