<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">In her 2024 State of the State agenda, Governor Hochul announced plans for the NYS Office of Language Access to develop a pilot language access certification program. The pilot program aims to offer oral and written language assessments and training in the top NYS languages for the workforce that speak a language other than English.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">To advance this initiative, the NYS Office of Language Access (OLA) has developed a survey to gather information about the languages spoken by the State workforce: <b><a href="http://bit.ly/NYSLanguageSurvey" target="_blank">bit.ly/NYSLanguageSurvey</a><u></u><u></u></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">All faculty and staff are encouraged to complete this survey. <u>The survey takes under 5 minutes and will remain open until Friday, May 10</u>. </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The information shared will inform OLA's future planning regarding language training and testing opportunities.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Anyone interested in OLA's work can learn more about language access at <a href="http://languageaccess.ny.gov/" target="_blank">languageaccess.ny.gov</a>. For any questions about this survey, please email <a href="mailto:languageaccess@ogs.ny.gov" target="_blank">languageaccess@ogs.ny.gov</a>.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Thank you for your interest and participation!<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="m_8202311164531684756paragraph" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="m_8202311164531684756paragraph" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline"><b><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Supervisors:</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> Please help -- post in common areas and distribute the <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fdcNJ3w2l5ylmUZdg697K7exTaQcoCNe/view?usp=sharing">flier</a> to staff members who do not have regular or routine email access.</span></p></div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><b>HUMAN RESOURCE SERVICES</b></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2" style="font-size:small">912 Kehoe Building</font><p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><a href="https://maps.google.com/?q=101+Broad+Street+Plattsburgh,+NY+12901&entry=gmail&source=g" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">101 Broad Street</a></font></span></p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><a href="https://maps.google.com/?q=101+Broad+Street+Plattsburgh,+NY+12901&entry=gmail&source=g" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Plattsburgh, NY 12901</a></font></span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><font size="2">(o) 518-564-5062</font></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><font size="2">(f) 518-564-5060</font></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><b><font size="2"><a href="http://plattsburgh.edu" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">plattsburgh.edu</a></font></b></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><b><br></b></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><img src="https://web.plattsburgh.edu/files/914/images/SUNY-Plattsburgh-Email-Logo-2018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