Bill Text: NY A08189 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Establishes a career and technical education (CTE) diploma; a CTE pathway to a diploma shall be based on a curriculum designed to provide students with technical skills and shall demonstrate that the student is ready for a career as determined by regulations of the commissioner.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 56-15)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-12 - print number 8189c [A08189 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A08189-Amended.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8189--C 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y October 4, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BRINDISI, LUPARDO, MORELLE, HENNESSEY, McDONALD, STIRPE, RYAN, ROBERTS, SANTABARBARA, BRONSON, BARRETT, BRAUNSTEIN, ROZIC, GOLDFEDER, GUNTHER, JAFFEE, MONTESANO, BLANKENBUSH, SCHIMEL, MAGNARELLI, RUSSELL, CLARK, ZEBROWSKI, COLTON, STECK, LUPINACCI, GRAF, RAIA, SKOUFIS, MILLER, GOODELL, TENNEY, GANTT, TITONE, MOYA, ABBATE, QUART, CAMARA, HEASTIE, SWEENEY, PICHARDO, ORTIZ, O'DONNELL, RODRI- GUEZ, CUSICK, CRESPO, BORELLI, THIELE, PERRY, PALMESANO, JOHNS, FAHY, GIGLIO, SOLAGES, MARKEY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ARROYO, BARCLAY, BRENNAN, CROUCH, DUPREY, JACOBS, KEARNS, MAGEE, MAYER, MOSLEY, RA, SCHIMMINGER, SIMANOWITZ, SKARTADOS, WEISENBERG -- 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 -- again reported from said committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said committee with amendments, 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 S 817. CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PATHWAY TO A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLO- 4 MA. 1. A. A CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION (CTE) PATHWAY TO A HIGH 5 SCHOOL DIPLOMA IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED. A CTE PATHWAY TO A DIPLOMA, IF 6 MADE AVAILABLE BY A SCHOOL DISTRICT 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, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE 10 REQUIRED BY FEDERAL LAW; EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11824-09-4 A. 8189--C 2 1 (III) BE MADE AVAILABLE TO ALL STUDENTS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO 2 STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS. 3 B. A CTE PATHWAY TO A DIPLOMA SHALL BE BASED ON A COURSE OF STUDY 4 DESIGNED TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS AND 5 SHALL DEMONSTRATE THAT THE STUDENT IS READY FOR A CAREER AS DETERMINED 6 BY REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER. A CTE PATHWAY TO A DIPLOMA SHALL 7 INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO: 8 (I) COMPLETION OF A CTE COURSE OF STUDY; 9 (II) COMPLETION OF A THREE-PART TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT; 10 (III) COMPLETION OF WORK-BASED LEARNING EXPERIENCES AS PROVIDED BY THE 11 STATE APPROVED PROGRAM; AND, 12 (IV) COMPLETION OF A WORK-SKILLS EMPLOYABILITY PROFILE. 13 C. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, A CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION 14 SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, A COURSE OF STUDY IN THE FOLLOWING 15 CAREER FIELDS: AGRICULTURE EDUCATION, BUSINESS AND MARKETING EDUCATION, 16 FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES EDUCATION, HEALTH OCCUPATIONS EDUCATION, 17 TECHNICAL EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION, AND TRADE AND INDUSTRIAL 18 EDUCATION. 19 2. THE BOARD OF REGENTS SHALL PROMULGATE SUCH REGULATIONS OF THE 20 COMMISSIONER AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO ESTABLISH THE CURRICULUM, ASSESS- 21 MENTS AND ANY OTHER CRITERIA THAT STUDENTS MUST ACHIEVE TO EARN A 22 REGENTS OR LOCAL DIPLOMA VIA A CTE PATHWAY. 23 3. STUDENTS FIRST ENTERING NINTH GRADE IN THE TWO THOUSAND 24 FOURTEEN--TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN SCHOOL YEAR AND THEREAFTER SHALL BE 25 ELIGIBLE TO EARN A DIPLOMA VIA A CTE PATHWAY IF MADE AVAILABLE BY A 26 SCHOOL DISTRICT. 27 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that effective 28 immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regu- 29 lation necessary for the timely implementation of this act on its effec- 30 tive date are authorized and directed to be made and completed on or 31 before such effective date.