Source: https://proenglish.org/kansas/
Timestamp: 2020-02-24 14:34:56
Document Index: 557829624

Matched Legal Cases: ['§73', '§73', '§73', '§73', '§73', '§73', '§73']

Legal Status of official English in Kansas
Official English Law of Kansas
§73-2801. English designated official language of state.
(2) An official public meeting is any meeting required to be open pursuant to K.S.A. 75-4317 et seq., and amendments thereto.
(c) Except as otherwise provided by law, no state agency or political or taxing subdivision of the state shall be required to provide any documents, information, literature or other written materials in any language other than English. Nothing shall prohibit state agencies or political or taxing subdivisions from: (1) Publishing any official public document or record in languages other than English at their discretion, so long as the document or record is also published in English; or (2) permitting a person who does not speak English to speak or communicate at an official public meeting with the assistance of an interpreter.
§73-2802. Use of language other than English.
(a) Provide information orally to individuals in the course of delivering services to the general public;
(b) comply with federal law;
(c) protect the public health or safety;
(d) protect the rights of parties and witnesses in a civil or criminal action in a court or in an administrative proceeding;
(e) provide instruction in foreign and native American language courses;
(g) promote international commerce, trade or tourism;
(h) use terms of art or phrases from languages other than the English language in documents;
(i) provide signage and documents in braille; and
(j) communicate in American Sign Language.
§73-2803. Construction of act; limitations on governmental restrictions applicable to private sector.
§73-2804. Same; native Americans.
This act may not be construed in any way to limit the use of any other language by a tribal government of native Americans located in the state of Kansas. A school district and a tribe, by mutual agreement, may provide for the instruction of students that recognizes the cultural identity of native American children and promotes the use of a common language for communition.
§73-2805. Rights not diminished or expanded.
§73-2806. Promotion of English language; assistance for non-native speakers.
§73-2807. Severability clause.
,281,705 English
218,655 All languages other than English combined
137,247 Spanish or Spanish Creole
16,821 German
10,393 Vietnamese
6,591 French (incl. Patois, Cajun)
6,473 Chinese
3,666 Korean
3,147 Laotian
2,834 Arabic
2,237 Tagalog
1,994 Russian
1,949 African languages
1,792 Japanese
1,700 Persian
1,662 Hindi
1,244 Italian
1,192 Urdu
1,187 Other Native North American languages
1,110 Miao, Hmong
991 Gujarathi
896 Scandinavian languages
816 Thai
793 Serbo-Croatian
734 Mon-Khmer, Cambodian
703 Polish
623 Portuguese or Portuguese Creole
435 Hebrew
241 Navajo
181 Yiddish
120 French Creole