Bill Text: NY A06075 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes report on arts and music education in elementary and secondary schools to study and make recommendations on the curriculum and time spent on arts and music education.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to education [A06075 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A06075-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6075
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 23, 2017
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        Introduced  by M. of A. TITONE, NOLAN, CUSICK, ROSENTHAL, OTIS, BARRETT,
          PEOPLES-STOKES, RAIA, COOK, GOTTFRIED, GALEF, GRAF,  ROZIC  --  Multi-
          Sponsored  by  --  M.  of A. ABBATE, CROUCH, LENTOL, MAYER, McDONOUGH,
          PERRY, RIVERA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
        AN ACT to establish a report on arts and music education  in  elementary
          and secondary schools; 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: (a) create a proce-
     2  dure in which school district compliance with current arts education and
     3  instruction requirements including visual arts, music, dance  and  thea-
     4  tre,  hereinafter  referred  to  in this act as "arts education instruc-
     5  tion", as required by law and regulation  in  elementary  and  secondary
     6  public  schools  is reported to the state education department by school
     7  districts for the purposes of  preparing  the  report  provided  for  by
     8  subdivision  two of this section; and (b) provide suggestions on how the
     9  current arts education instruction requirements  could  be  improved  or
    10  enhanced.
    11    2.  The  state  education  department shall prepare a report that must
    12  include, but not be limited to, the following:
    13    (a) how  the  state  standards,  including  statutory  and  regulatory
    14  requirements, for arts education instruction could be revised or altered
    15  to  better  promote  education and appreciation of the arts and music in
    16  elementary and secondary schools;
    17    (b) how  the  state  standards,  including  statutory  and  regulatory
    18  requirements, for arts education instruction could be revised or altered
    19  to  increase the time devoted to providing instruction and education for
    20  such arts;
    21    (c) i. the impacts that arts education instruction  has  on  enhancing
    22  pupil academic performance;
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    ii. how integrating the arts education instruction into general educa-
     2  tion  throughout  the learning process, could enhance students' learning
     3  capabilities.
     4    3.  On  or  before  July  1, 2019, the commissioner of education shall
     5  report to the governor, the  temporary  president  of  the  senate,  the
     6  speaker  of  the  assembly,  and  the  chairs of the senate and assembly
     7  committees on education the  findings  made  based  on  the  information
     8  reported pursuant to subdivision one of this section including an analy-
     9  sis and explanation of the data, and shall identify steps that should be
    10  taken  to  ensure  that  all  public schools are in compliance with arts
    11  education instruction requirements in elementary  and  secondary  grades
    12  and  examine,  evaluate and make recommendations concerning the adequacy
    13  of the current state standards for arts education  and  instruction  for
    14  elementary  and secondary schools in the state. Such recommendations may
    15  include but not be limited to revisions  or  alterations  to  the  state
    16  standards  for  arts  education  and  instruction  to better promote and
    17  increase time devoted to providing such instruction.
    18    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately, and shall expire  and  be
    19  deemed  repealed  January  1,  2020  or on the one hundred eightieth day
    20  after the report required by subdivisions two and three of  section  one
    21  of this act is submitted to the governor, the temporary president of the
    22  senate,  the  speaker  of the assembly, and the chairs of the senate and
    23  assembly committees on education, whichever shall  be  later;  provided,
    24  further,  that  the state education department shall notify the legisla-
    25  tive bill drafting commission upon the submission of the report required
    26  by subdivisions two and three of section one of this act to  the  gover-
    27  nor, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly,
    28  and  the  chairs  of the senate and assembly committees on education, in
    29  order that the commission may maintain an accurate and timely  effective
    30  data  base  of the official text of the laws of the state of New York in
    31  furtherance of effectuating the provisions of section 44 of the legisla-
    32  tive law and section 70-b of the public officers law.