Bill Text: NY A06594 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of education to establish a regional secondary school advisory council and for such council to make recommendations regarding the establishment of regional high schools; provides for the repeal thereof.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-01-23 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [A06594 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A06594-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6594
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     March 12, 2019
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  D'URSO -- (at request of the State Education
          Department) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
        AN ACT to direct the commissioner of education to establish  a  regional
          secondary  school  advisory  council  to  make  recommendations on the
          establishment of regional secondary high 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 establish  a  tempo-
     2  rary  regional secondary advisory council, which shall develop recommen-
     3  dations for legislative proposals for the establishment of regional high
     4  schools. Such advisory council shall be comprised of eleven members,  of
     5  whom,  two  shall  be appointed upon the recommendation of the governor,
     6  two shall be appointed upon the recommendation of the  temporary  presi-
     7  dent  of  the  senate, two shall be appointed upon the recommendation of
     8  the speaker of the assembly, one member of the board of  regents  and/or
     9  his  or her designee and the remaining members shall be either certified
    10  teachers, principals, superintendents from  rural,  urban  and  suburban
    11  school  districts  and/or  district superintendents of boards of cooper-
    12  ative educational services appointed by the commissioner  of  education.
    13  The  commissioner  of  education  shall  appoint a chair of the advisory
    14  council. The members of the advisory council shall represent the  diver-
    15  sity  of  school environments that exists throughout the state and shall
    16  have demonstrated experience with  expertise  in  one  or  more  of  the
    17  following  areas:  the  use  of regional educational services, teaching,
    18  administration in secondary schools, or regional transportation.
    19    2. The recommendations of the advisory council shall include, but  not
    20  be limited to:
    21    (a)  recommendations  for  legislative proposals to establish regional
    22  high schools in certain areas of the state;
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09300-01-9
        A. 6594                             2
     1    (b) best practices and model school district policies from  throughout
     2  the  state and nation relating to regional educational services that may
     3  be considered by the state and school  districts  in  implementation  of
     4  regional high schools;
     5    (c)  methods to use regional secondary programming to maximize student
     6  access to a wide range  of  curricular  opportunities  to  best  prepare
     7  students for post-secondary opportunities and the workforce;
     8    (d) recommendations for the delivery of regional educational services,
     9  including  tuition  reimbursement,  the  issuance of degrees in regional
    10  high schools when there are multiple  sending  districts,  the  role  of
    11  boards  of  cooperative  educational services, employees in the regional
    12  high schools; transportation issues, economic and  administrative  effi-
    13  ciencies  and  services  for  students  with  disabilities  and  English
    14  language learners;
    15    (e) partnerships with institutions of higher education and other rele-
    16  vant stakeholders for workforce opportunities in regional high  schools;
    17  and
    18    (f)  any other recommendations the council feels necessary to success-
    19  fully implement regional high schools in certain areas of this state.
    20    § 2. The members of the advisory council shall receive no compensation
    21  for their services, but shall be  allowed  their  actual  and  necessary
    22  expenses  incurred  in  the performance of their duties pursuant to this
    23  act, provided that the advisory council shall be authorized  to  conduct
    24  meetings  in  a  manner that minimizes travel and costs as determined by
    25  the commissioner of education.
    26    § 3. The advisory committee shall submit a final report of its  recom-
    27  mendations  to  the Board of Regents, the governor, the temporary presi-
    28  dent of the senate, the speaker of the assembly and the  chairs  of  the
    29  education  committees  in the assembly and senate on or before the first
    30  of October, two thousand twenty.
    31    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
    32  deemed repealed October 1, 2020.