The bill appropriates funds from the general fund to the Department of Education for the purpose of creating educational videos aimed at immigrant students and their parents. Specifically, it allocates a grant to Cultural Connections, which is tasked with producing videos that explain the school system in a basic manner. This initiative is designed to help at least 320 public middle and high schools facilitate the integration of immigrant families, promote student success, and address knowledge and achievement gaps through increased parental involvement.
The grant recipient is required to ensure that the videos are translated into the first languages of immigrant parents and to provide instructions for their distribution to the secondary schools involved. This funding is designated as a one-time appropriation, emphasizing the bill's focus on a specific, immediate educational need within the community.