March 4th, 2010, marks a historic day for Montgomery County residents. On this day, County Executive, Ike Leggettt, signed Executive Order 046-10 to improve language access, awareness, and accountability to County residents with limited-English proficiency (LEP).
In attendance along with Ike Legget were County Council President Nancy Floreen, Secretary of Maryland’s Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation Alex Sanchez, Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the U.S. Office of Civil Rights Leon Rodriguez and community leaders.
From AAHI, Julie Bawa attended this event along with intern Atyya Chaudhry.
For more information about the executive order please visit this site:
http://montgomerycountymd.gov/apps/News/press/PR_details.asp?PrID=6353
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