{"data":{"id":"us-ks/k.s.a.-73-2802","jurisdiction":"us-ks","citation":"K.S.A. 73-2802","heading":"Use of language other than English.","body":"A state agency or political or taxing subdivision, or its officers or employees, may use a language other than the English language to:\n(a) Provide information orally to individuals in the course of delivering services to the general public;\n(b) comply with federal law;\n(c) protect the public health or safety;\n(d) protect the rights of parties and witnesses in a civil or criminal action in a court or in an administrative proceeding;\n(e) provide instruction in foreign and native American language courses;\n(f) provide instruction designed to aid students with limited English proficiency so they can make a timely transition to use of the English language in the public schools;\n(g) promote international commerce, trade or tourism;\n(h) use terms of art or phrases from languages other than the English language in documents;\n(i) provide signage and documents in braille; and\n(j) communicate in American Sign Language.","path":["Chapter 73.—SOLDIERS, SAILORS AND PATRIOTIC EMBLEMS","Article 28.—OFFICIAL LANGUAGE"],"source_url":"https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch73/073_028_0002.html","current_through":"2025 legislative session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:14:06Z","sha256":"d1973f9d4c1bfd65164d178becd8e797013d84a4dfc58440c0af6ff49b6b71fb","source_id":"us-ks","stale":false,"prev":"us-ks/k.s.a.-73-2801","next":"us-ks/k.s.a.-73-2803"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}