Purpose-built for K-12 language access
Schools don't need a generic scheduling tool retrofitted for interpretation. Sokano was built from the ground up for the way central language offices, school sites, and educational interpreters actually work — with FERPA-aware workflows, building-level spend visibility, and a unified front door for every stakeholder.
Who Sokano is for
Whether you run a single school or a district of dozens, the platform adapts to your structure — without forcing a workflow change on the people who use it every day.
K-12 School Districts
Centralize interpreter requesting, scheduling, and document translation across every school, every department, and every language — without the spreadsheets.
- Unified request intake across all school sites
- District-wide visibility into spend by language and building
- Self-service claim workflows for staff and contract interpreters
- Audit-ready logs for funding compliance reviews
Central Language Services Offices
Replace the email-and-spreadsheet pipeline with a single dashboard for managing interpreters, broadcasting jobs, and reconciling costs across the district.
- Interpreter roster management with language and skill-pool tracking
- Targeted SMS (Price Addon) and push broadcasts to qualified interpreters
- Live spend dashboards by site, language, and category
- Admin review and publication on every request
Individual Schools & Offices
Give building staff a one-stop service gateway for every language need — from on-site interpreters to translated parent letters — without leaving their site dashboard.
- Building-level spend tracking by language and category
- Simple request form for interpretation and translation
- Real-time status of every active request
- PDF receipts for every claim and completion
Contracted Interpreter Networks
Recruit, organize, and broadcast jobs to your interpreter pool with the tools to scale — including SMS targeting, claim workflows, and verified billing.
- Targeted SMS notifications for matching jobs (Price Addon)
- Self-service claim and two-way SMS confirmation (Price Addon)
- Per-interpreter language and skill-pool tracking
- Verified billing status for every completed job
IEP & Special Education Teams
Move sensitive student documents through a secure translation pipeline — eliminating the FERPA risk of emailing IEPs and 504 plans to outside vendors.
- Encrypted document upload and retrieval
- Strict PII isolation with role-based access controls
- Optional PII Scan & Redaction add-on — third-party detection service plus admin redaction review before release
- Complete audit trail for compliance reporting
Multilingual Family Engagement
Help schools meet families in their preferred language — whether for a parent-teacher conference, an enrollment session, or a school communication that needs to be translated.
- On-site, virtual, and hybrid interpretation request types
- Document translation pipeline with optional PII Scan & Redaction add-on for FERPA-sensitive content
- Language assignments captured on every request
- Coverage analytics by language and grant code
Outcomes districts care about
Sokano isn't a productivity nice-to-have. It's the operational backbone for districts that need to deliver federally-mandated language access at scale, on a budget, with a small central team.
Customers consolidate fragmented tools, recover hours of admin time per week, and gain the financial visibility their finance offices have been asking for — all without a months-long implementation.
See Sokano in your district
Walk through the platform with our team and explore whether a pilot makes sense for your central language office.