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
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                                        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.
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