Bill Text: NY A10040 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to creating advanced placement coursework opportunities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-10 - referred to education [A10040 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A10040-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         10040
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     June 10, 2014
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       Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Nolan, Sima-
         nowitz) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education law, in relation to creating advanced
         placement coursework opportunities
         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 two
    2  new subdivisions 52 and 53 to read as follows:
    3    52. (A) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DEVELOP A GRANT PROGRAM TO ASSIST LOCAL
    4  SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN AN EFFORT TO EITHER  ESTABLISH  OR  EXPAND  ADVANCED
    5  PLACEMENT  PROGRAMS.  SCHOOLS  WHICH  CURRENTLY  OFFER  FEWER  THAN FOUR
    6  ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSES AND HAVE AN UNMET ADVANCED  PLACEMENT  POTEN-
    7  TIAL  SHALL  BE  GIVEN  PREFERENCE  FOR  SUCH  FUNDING. FUNDING FOR SUCH
    8  ASSISTANCE SHALL INCLUDE: RECOGNIZED  TRAINING  THAT  PROVIDES  TEACHERS
    9  WITH THE NECESSARY CONTENT KNOWLEDGE AND INSTRUCTIONAL SKILLS TO PREPARE
   10  STUDENTS  FOR  SUCCESS  IN  ADVANCED  PLACEMENT  COURSES AND ON ADVANCED
   11  PLACEMENT EXAMINATIONS, AND COURSE START-UP  COSTS  SUCH  AS  CURRICULUM
   12  MATERIALS,  NECESSARY  LABORATORY EQUIPMENT AND OTHER MATERIALS REQUIRED
   13  FOR THE OFFERING OF SUCH COURSES. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL  DEVELOP  ADDI-
   14  TIONAL  GRANT-ELIGIBILITY  CRITERIA  AND  SHALL  AWARD FUNDS TO APPLYING
   15  SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACCORDINGLY.
   16    (B) THE LEGISLATURE SHALL APPROPRIATE STATE MONIES AS MAY BE NECESSARY
   17  TO IMPLEMENT SUCH PROGRAM IN ACCORDANCE  WITH  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS
   18  SUBDIVISION.
   19    53. (A) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DEVELOP A MECHANISM TO FUND, FOR FINAN-
   20  CIALLY ELIGIBLE STUDENTS, THE PORTION OF THE ADVANCED PLACEMENT EXAM FEE
   21  THAT  IS  NOT CURRENTLY FUNDED BY THE FEDERAL ADVANCE PLACEMENT TEST FEE
   22  PROGRAM, THE COLLEGE BOARD TEST FEE WAIVER AND THE SCHOOL TEST  PROCESS-
   23  ING FEE WAIVER.
   24    (B) THE LEGISLATURE SHALL APPROPRIATE STATE MONIES AS MAY BE NECESSARY
   25  TO  IMPLEMENT  SUCH  MECHANISM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
   26  SUBDIVISION.
   27    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD15423-02-4