Bill Text: NY A04282 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes the single gender core course academies demonstration program within the education department; provides that such program shall be established in 4 elementary schools, 8 middle schools and 1 high school which are low performing schools in each of the cities of New York, Yonkers, Syracuse, Rochester and Buffalo; provides that the program shall provide single gender classroom instruction in English, social studies, mathematics and science; requires such schools to report progress to the department and a university center of the state university of New York for study and reporting to the governor, temporary president of the senate and speaker of the assembly; students shall participate in such program upon consent of their parents.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-09-04 - enacting clause stricken [A04282 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A04282-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4282 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 2, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. P. RIVERA, ROBINSON, MAISEL, BOYLAND, PEOPLES-STOKES, CAMARA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ARROYO, COOK, CORWIN, CYMBROWITZ, FINCH, GALEF, MAYERSOHN, ORTIZ, PHEFFER, RAMOS, J. RIVERA, TOWNS, WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing the single gender core course academies demonstration program; and provid- ing for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 3209-b 2 to read as follows: 3 S 3209-B. SINGLE GENDER CORE COURSE ACADEMIES DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. 4 1. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ESTABLISH A SINGLE GENDER CORE COURSE ACADEMIES 5 DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM WHICH SHALL PROVIDE FOR THE INSTRUCTION OF COURSES 6 IN ENGLISH, MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES IN GENDER SEPARATED 7 CLASSES FOR A PORTION OF THE PUPILS IN EACH GRADE LEVEL WITHIN SCHOOLS 8 SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN SUCH PROGRAM. ALL OTHER COURSES SHALL BE 9 INSTRUCTED IN COEDUCATIONAL CLASSES. 10 2. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL DESIGNATE THE SCHOOLS WHICH SHALL PARTICIPATE 11 IN THE SINGLE GENDER CORE COURSE ACADEMIES DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. THE 12 SCHOOLS SELECTED SHALL BE LOW-PERFORMING SCHOOLS WITHIN EACH OF THE 13 CITIES OF NEW YORK, ROCHESTER, SYRACUSE, BUFFALO AND YONKERS. SUCH 14 PROGRAM SHALL BE IMPLEMENTED IN FOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, EIGHT MIDDLE 15 SCHOOLS AND ONE HIGH SCHOOL OF THE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF EACH SUCH 16 CITY. 17 3. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL IMPLEMENT THE SINGLE GENDER CORE COURSE ACADE- 18 MIES DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM IN CONJUNCTION WITH A UNIVERSITY CENTER OF 19 THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, SELECTED BY THE COMMISSIONER, WHICH 20 OFFERS POST GRADUATE DEGREES IN EDUCATION. SUCH UNIVERSITY CENTER SHALL 21 UTILIZE SUCH PROGRAM TO STUDY AND RESEARCH THE SOCIAL AND ACADEMIC EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00062-01-1 A. 4282 2 1 ACHIEVEMENTS AND GAINS OF STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN THE DEMONSTRATION 2 PROGRAM IN COMPARISON TO THE SOCIAL AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS OF A SIMI- 3 LARLY SITUATED GROUP OF STUDENTS NOT PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM. 4 4. NO STUDENT IN A PARTICIPATING SCHOOL SHALL BE REQUIRED TO PARTIC- 5 IPATE IN THE SINGLE GENDER CORE COURSE ACADEMIES DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM 6 WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THEIR PARENT, GUARDIAN OR PERSON IN LOCO PAREN- 7 TIS. 8 5. THE PROGRAM ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE IMPLE- 9 MENTED ON SEPTEMBER FIRST OR JANUARY FIRST, WHICHEVER SHALL OCCUR FIRST 10 AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION. 11 6. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS REQUIRING 12 PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS TO ANNUALLY REPORT TO THE DEPARTMENT AND THE 13 UNIVERSITY CENTER, SELECTED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS 14 SECTION, MONITOR AND MAINTAIN RECORDS ON THE PROGRESS IN THE SCHOOL FOR 15 EACH SINGLE GENDER CORE COURSE IN EACH GRADE AND GENDER. ALL SUCH 16 REPORTS SHALL BE COMPILED AND COMPARED TO DATA ON STUDENTS NOT PARTIC- 17 IPATING IN THE PROGRAM ESTABLISHED BY THIS SECTION, AND SHALL BE ANNUAL- 18 LY REPORTED ON OR BEFORE SEPTEMBER FIRST TO THE GOVERNOR, TEMPORARY 19 PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY. 20 7. EACH PARTICIPATING SCHOOL SHALL PROVIDE THE INFORMATION, REQUIRED 21 TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION SIX OF THIS 22 SECTION, TO THE PARENTS OF THE STUDENTS IN SUCH SCHOOL BY MEANS OF ITS 23 REGULARLY SCHEDULED PUBLICATIONS OR COMMUNICATIONS PROCESS. 24 8. ON OR BEFORE AUGUST THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN, THE DEPART- 25 MENT SHALL SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR, TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE 26 SENATE AND SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, ON THE PROGRESS ACHIEVED BY PARTIC- 27 IPATING SCHOOLS DURING THE ENTIRETY OF THE DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. SUCH 28 PROGRESS SHALL BE REPORTED BASED ON GRADE LEVEL, COURSE SUBJECT, GENDER, 29 ETHNIC BACKGROUND AND SCHOOL. 30 S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after 31 it shall have become a law and shall expire and be deemed repealed 32 September 1, 2016; provided that any rules and regulations or any other 33 actions necessary to implement the provisions of this act on its effec- 34 tive date are authorized and directed to be completed on or before such 35 date.