Bill Text: NY A07972 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Establishes a career and technical high school diploma (CTE) for students completing a course of study for a career or trade.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-04-23 - print number 7972a [A07972 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A07972-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7972--A 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 23, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HYNDMAN, VANEL, DICKENS, McDONOUGH, MURRAY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CRESPO, SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education -- recommitted to the Committee on Education 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 establishing a career and technical education diploma The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 817 to 2 read as follows: 3 § 817. Career and technical education pathway to a high school diplo- 4 ma. 1. a. A career and technical education (hereinafter referred to in 5 this section as CTE) pathway to a high school diploma is hereby estab- 6 lished. A CTE pathway to a diploma shall: 7 (i) result in a regents or local diploma; 8 (ii) differ from the traditional requirements to a regents or local 9 diploma with respect to required assessments; 10 (iii) be made available to all students, including, but not limited to 11 students with disabilities. 12 b. A CTE pathway to a diploma shall be based on curriculum and train- 13 ing designed to provide students with career, trade and technical skills 14 and shall demonstrate that the student is ready for a career or trade as 15 determined by regulations of the commissioner. A CTE pathway to a diplo- 16 ma shall include, but not be limited to: 17 (i) completion of a CTE sequence provided and administered by a busi- 18 ness practicing a particular trade or career, by a board of cooperative 19 educational services or any secondary education program approved by the 20 commissioner or by an institution of higher education; EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04800-03-8A. 7972--A 2 1 (ii) completion of work-based learning experiences as provided by the 2 approved program; and 3 (iii) completion of a work-skills employability profile. 4 c. For purposes of this section, a career and technical education 5 shall include, but not be limited to, courses of study in the following 6 career fields: agriculture education, business and marketing education, 7 family and consumer sciences education, health occupations education, 8 technical education, technology education, and trade and industrial 9 education. 10 2. The regents, in consultation with trade and professional organiza- 11 tions, shall promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to estab- 12 lish the curriculum, assessments and any other criteria that students 13 must achieve to earn a regents or local diploma via a CTE pathway. 14 3. Students who entered high school in the two thousand eighteen--two 15 thousand nineteen school year and thereafter shall be eligible to earn a 16 diploma via a CTE pathway. 17 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that effective 18 immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regu- 19 lation necessary for the timely implementation of this act on its effec- 20 tive date are authorized and directed to be made and completed on or 21 before such effective date.
