Kentucky State University (KSU) is a public, comprehensive 1890 land-grant institution that affords access and opportunity to all students and is committed to resolve agricultural, educational, economic, and social problems of the people of the Commonwealth of Kentucky through research, service and teaching.
As recipient of federal financial support, Kentucky State University’s Cooperative Extension Program (CEP) has a responsibility, under Executive Order 13166 and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to make reasonable efforts to ensure that individuals who have limited English proficiency have meaningful access to federally funded educational programs and activities. A Limited English Proficient (LEP) person is an individual who does not speak English as his/her primary language and who has limited ability to read, speak, write, and understand English.
Kentucky State University’s CEP is committed to affording and expanding meaningful access to federally funded educational programs and activities to eligible LEP persons. The CEP will conduct periodic assessments that will identify significant need programs and ways to provide language assistance to LEP persons. The assessment will include, but not be limited to, latest census information, data from local school systems and/or community organizations serving LEP clients, data from local and state governments, and an analysis of the four factors outlined below.
Kentucky State University's CEP is committed to affording and expanding meaningful access to federally funded educational programs and activities to eligible LEP persons. The CEP will conduct periodic assessments that will identify significant need programs and ways to provide language assistance to LEP persons. The assessment will include, but not be limited to, latest census information, data from local school systems and /or community organizations serving LEP clients, data from local and state governments, and an analysis of the four factors outlined below.
Number or proportion of LEP individuals eligible to be served or that is likely to be encountered by the program.
Frequency with which LEP individuals come in contact with the program.
Nature and importance of the program, activity, or service provided by the program to people's lives.
Resources available to meet the language access obligation.