Bill Text: NY A06880 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended
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]
Download: New_York-2015-A06880-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6880--A 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY April 8, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BLAKE, MOSLEY, COOK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education -- recommitted to the Committee on Educa- tion in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee 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 55 to read as follows: 3 55. 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 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09802-03-6