Bill Text: NY A08845 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of education to establish an online learning advisory council to make recommendations for establishment of a statewide online and blended learning program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-18 - substituted by s5509c [A08845 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A08845-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        8845--A
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 20, 2014
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. NOLAN, RUSSELL -- read once and referred to the
         Committee on Education -- reported and referred to  the  Committee  on
         Ways   and  Means  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
         reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN ACT to direct the commissioner of education to  establish  an  online
         learning  advisory committee to make recommendations on establishing a
         statewide online and blended learning program; and providing  for  the
         repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. 1. The commissioner of education shall establish  a  tempo-
    2  rary  online  learning  advisory council which shall develop recommenda-
    3  tions relating to a statewide online and blended learning network.  Such
    4  advisory  council  shall  be  composed of 11 members of whom two members
    5  shall be appointed upon the recommendation of the governor, two  members
    6  shall be appointed upon the recommendation of the temporary president of
    7  the  senate,  two  members shall be appointed upon the recommendation of
    8  the speaker of the assembly and the remaining members shall be certified
    9  teachers, principals and superintendents from rural, urban and  suburban
   10  school districts appointed by the commissioner of education. The commis-
   11  sioner shall appoint a chair of the advisory council. The members of the
   12  advisory  council  shall  represent the diversity of school environments
   13  throughout the state and have demonstrated experience with expertise  in
   14  one  or more of the following areas: development, programming and use of
   15  online technology and blended learning for education in public  schools,
   16  delivery  of online education in rural communities, regional educational
   17  services, teaching with online and blended learning program  and  insti-
   18  tutions  of higher learning that train teachers about online and blended
   19  educational instruction.
   20    2. The recommendations of the advisory council shall include, but  not
   21  be limited to:
   22    (a)  guidance  for  use  of  a  statewide  online and blended learning
   23  network;
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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       A. 8845--A                          2
    1    (b) best practices and model school district policies from  throughout
    2  the  state  and  nation  that  may  be considered by school districts in
    3  implementation of an  online  and  blended  learning  program  including
    4  broadband access;
    5    (c) academic programming suited for online and blended learning;
    6    (d) partnerships with institutions of higher education and other rele-
    7  vant  stakeholders  for workforce opportunities using online and blended
    8  learning; and
    9    (e) a review of teaching and  professional  development  policies  and
   10  practices.
   11    S 2. The members of the advisory council shall receive no compensation
   12  for  their  services,  but  shall  be allowed their actual and necessary
   13  expenses incurred in the performance of their duties  pursuant  to  this
   14  act,  provided  that the advisory council shall be authorized to conduct
   15  meetings in a manner that minimizes travel and costs  as  determined  by
   16  the commissioner of education.
   17    S  3. The advisory committee shall submit a final report of its recom-
   18  mendations to the governor, the temporary president of the  senate,  the
   19  speaker  of  the  assembly and the chairs of the education committees in
   20  the assembly and senate on or before October 1, 2015.
   21    S 4. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
   22  deemed repealed October 1, 2015.