Bill Text: NY A07934 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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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: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-06-05 - REFERRED TO RULES [A07934 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A07934-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         7934--A
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      May 19, 2017
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  NOLAN  -- (at request of the State Education
          Department) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education --
          reported and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means --  recommit-
          ted  to  the  Committee  on Ways and Means in accordance with Assembly
          Rule  3,  sec.  2  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
        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.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    2. The recommendations of the advisory council shall include, but  not
     2  be limited to:
     3    (a)  recommendations  for  legislative proposals to establish regional
     4  high schools in certain areas of the state;
     5    (b) best practices and model school district policies from  throughout
     6  the  state and nation relating to regional educational services that may
     7  be considered by the state and school  districts  in  implementation  of
     8  regional high schools;
     9    (c)  methods  using regional secondary programming to maximize student
    10  access to a wide range  of  curricular  opportunities  to  best  prepare
    11  students for post-secondary opportunities and the workforce;
    12    (d) recommendations for the delivery of regional educational services,
    13  including  tuition  reimbursement,  the  issuance of degrees in regional
    14  high schools when there are multiple  sending  districts,  the  role  of
    15  boards  of  cooperative  educational services, employees in the regional
    16  high schools; transportation issues, economic and  administrative  effi-
    17  ciencies  and  services  for  students  with  disabilities  and  English
    18  language learners;
    19    (e) partnerships with institutions of higher education and other rele-
    20  vant stakeholders for workforce opportunities in regional high  schools;
    21  and
    22    (f)  any other recommendations the council feels necessary to success-
    23  fully implement regional high schools in certain areas of this state.
    24    § 2. The members of the advisory council shall receive no compensation
    25  for their services, but shall be  allowed  their  actual  and  necessary
    26  expenses  incurred  in  the performance of their duties pursuant to this
    27  act, provided that the advisory council shall be authorized  to  conduct
    28  meetings  in  a  manner that minimizes travel and costs as determined by
    29  the commissioner of education.
    30    § 3. The advisory committee shall submit a final report of its  recom-
    31  mendations  to  the Board of Regents, the governor, the temporary presi-
    32  dent of the senate, the speaker of the assembly and the  chairs  of  the
    33  education  committees  in the assembly and senate on or before the first
    34  of October two thousand nineteen.
    35    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
    36  deemed repealed October 1, 2019.