Bill Text: NY A06880 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the commissioner of education to study the educational model at The Eagle Academy and develop an educational program to be utilized by certain schools.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-14 - print number 6880a [A06880 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6880
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     April 8, 2015
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       Introduced  by M. of A. BLAKE -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Education
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring a  study  of
         the educational model at The Eagle Academy and developing an education
         program to be utilized by certain schools
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
    2  subdivision 53 to read as follows:
    3    53. A. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL UNDERTAKE A STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EDUCA-
    4  TIONAL MODEL AT THE EAGLE ACADEMY LOCATED IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, WHICH
    5  WILL INCLUDE AN ANALYSIS OF THE ACADEMY'S  CURRICULUM  AND  APPROACH  TO
    6  PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
    7    B. THE COMMISSIONER'S STUDY SHALL IDENTIFY THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
    8    (I)  THE  LESSONS,  ACADEMIC CONTENT, AND SPECIFIC COURSES OR PROGRAMS
    9  OFFERED AT THE ACADEMY;
   10    (II) THE AREAS OF THE ACADEMY'S EDUCATIONAL MODEL CONTRIBUTING MOST TO
   11  THE SUCCESS OR FAILURE OF STUDENTS; AND
   12    (III) THE TRAINING, CONTENT KNOWLEDGE AND INSTRUCTIVE SKILLS OF TEACH-
   13  ERS AT THE ACADEMY.
   14    C. THE STUDY REQUIRED PURSUANT TO  PARAGRAPH  A  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION
   15  SHALL  RESULT  IN  A  REPORT, WHICH SHALL DETAIL A NEW EDUCATION PROGRAM
   16  BASED ON THE ACADEMY'S CURRICULUM AND APPROACH TO PROFESSIONAL  DEVELOP-
   17  MENT.  THE  REPORT SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE
   18  STATE WHOSE MINORITY AND LOW-INCOME STUDENTS CONSTITUTE THE MAJORITY  OF
   19  THE  STUDENT  BODY.  FOR  THE PURPOSE OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "MINORITY AND
   20  LOW-INCOME STUDENTS" SHALL MEAN STUDENTS  FROM  GROUPS  THAT  HAVE  BEEN
   21  HISTORICALLY  MARGINALIZED. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ENCOURAGE SUCH PUBLIC
   22  SCHOOLS TO ADOPT THE NEW EDUCATION PROGRAM.
   23    S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
   24  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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