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1、Wednesday,August16,2000PartVThePresidentExecutiveOrder13166ÐImprovingAccesstoServicesforPersonsWithLimitedEnglishProficiencyDepartmentofJusticeEnforcementofTitleVIoftheCivilRightsActof1964ÐNationalOriginDiscriminationAgainstPersonsWithLimitedEnglishProficiency;Notice
2、VerDate11200011:37Aug15,2000Jkt190000PO00000Frm00001Fmt4717Sfmt4717E:FRFM16AUE0.SGMpfrm07PsN:16AUE050121FederalRegisterPresidentialDocumentsVol.65,No.159Wednesday,August16,2000Title3ÐExecutiveOrder13166ofAugust11,2000ThePresidentImprovingAccesstoServicesforPe
3、rsonsWithLimitedEnglishProficiencyBytheauthorityvestedinmeasPresidentbytheConstitutionandthelawsoftheUnitedStatesofAmerica,andtoimproveaccesstofederallyconductedandfederallyassistedprogramsandactivitiesforpersonswho,asaresultofnationalorigin,arelimitedintheirEnglishp
4、roficiency(LEP),itisherebyorderedasfollows:Section1.Goals.TheFederalGovernmentprovidesandfundsanarrayofservicesthatcanbemadeaccessibletootherwiseeligiblepersonswhoarenotproficientintheEnglishlanguage.TheFederalGovernmentiscommittedtoimprovingtheaccessibilityofthesese
5、rvicestoeligibleLEPpersons,agoalthatreinforcesitsequallyimportantcommitmenttopromotingprogramsandactivitiesde-signedtohelpindividualslearnEnglish.Tothisend,eachFederalagencyshallexaminetheservicesitprovidesanddevelopandimplementasystembywhichLEPpersonscanmeaningfully
6、accessthoseservicesconsistentwith,andwithoutundulyburdening,thefundamentalmissionoftheagency.EachFederalagencyshallalsoworktoensurethatrecipientsofFederalfinancialassistance(recipients)providemeaningfulaccesstotheirLEPappli-cantsandbeneficiaries.Toassisttheagencieswi
7、ththisendeavor,theDepart-mentofJusticehastodayissuedageneralguidancedocument(LEPGuid-ance),whichsetsforththecompliancestandardsthatrecipientsmustfollowtoensurethattheprogramsandactivitiestheynormallyprovideinEnglishareaccessibletoLEPpersonsandthusdonotdiscriminateont
8、hebasisofnationalorigininviolationoftitleVIoftheCivilRightsActof1964,asamended,anditsimplementingregulations.AsdescribedintheLEPGui