Bill Text: NY A03944 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the New York city department of education to study and report on students who would likely pass the Specialized High Schools Admissions Test and be admitted to a specialized high school; provides that such report shall be issued to the governor, temporary president of the senate and speaker of the assembly no later than February 28, 2020.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to education [A03944 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A03944-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3944
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 31, 2019
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        Introduced  by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Education
        AN ACT to direct the New York city department of education to study  and
          report  on students who would likely pass the Specialized High Schools
          Admissions Test
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1. 1. The New York city department of education shall conduct
     2  a study of how many students in the city of New York who are eligible to
     3  apply for specialized high schools as  described  in  paragraph  (b)  of
     4  subdivision  1 of section 2590-h of the education law, or will be eligi-
     5  ble to apply for such specialized  high  schools  once  they  reach  the
     6  appropriate grade, would likely pass the Specialized High Schools Admis-
     7  sions  Test and be admitted to a specialized high school if they were to
     8  apply to such specialized high schools.
     9    2. Such study shall include, but  not  be  limited  to  students':  a.
    10  standardized  testing  scores;  b. grade point average; c. ethnicity; d.
    11  household income; e. school; f. parent, guardian or primary  caregiver's
    12  educational  background; g. household composition; h. behavioral record,
    13  if any; i. residential address; and j. extra-curricular involvement,  if
    14  applicable.
    15    3.  Not  later than February 28, 2020, the New York city department of
    16  education shall issue a report of its findings  and  recommendations  to
    17  the  governor,  the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of
    18  the assembly. Such report shall include, but  not  be  limited  to,  the
    19  following:
    20    a. an analysis of how many eligible students who would likely pass the
    21  Specialized High Schools Admissions Test actually apply to and be admit-
    22  ted to specialized high schools;
    23    b.  actions  that can be implemented to encourage eligible students to
    24  apply and be admitted to specialized high schools; and
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06263-01-9
        A. 3944                             2
     1    c. actions that require regulatory or statutory changes  in  order  to
     2  encourage eligible students to apply and be admitted to specialized high
     3  schools.
     4    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.