Bill Text: NY S00708 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the state education commissioner to conduct an audit and report on statewide compliance with state instructional regulations for arts education and to establish a remediation process for schools found to be out of compliance.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-29 - PRINT NUMBER 708A [S00708 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          708
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 7, 2015
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       Introduced  by Sens. SERRANO, ADDABBO, KRUEGER, PARKER, STAVISKY -- read
         twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
         Committee on Education
       AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to directing the commis-
         sioner of education to  conduct  an  audit  and  report  on  statewide
         compliance with state instructional regulations for arts education and
         to  establish  a  remediation  process  for schools found to be out of
         compliance
         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.  STATEWIDE  AUDIT  OF  COMPLIANCE.   THE COMMISSIONER SHALL BE
    4  AUTHORIZED AND REQUIRED TO CONDUCT A STATEWIDE AUDIT OF COMPLIANCE  WITH
    5  STATE EDUCATION REGULATIONS FOR ARTS INSTRUCTION. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION
    6  OR  TRUSTEES  OF  ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS SHALL COMPLY WITH REQUESTS BY THE
    7  DEPARTMENT FOR SUCH INFORMATION DEEMED RELEVANT BY THE DEPARTMENT.  SUCH
    8  ASSESSMENT  SHALL  BE  CONDUCTED AND REPORTED TO THE LEGISLATURE AND THE
    9  PUBLIC BY JUNE, TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN FOR THE TWO  THOUSAND  FIFTEEN--TWO
   10  THOUSAND SIXTEEN SCHOOL YEAR AND EVERY FIVE YEARS THEREAFTER.
   11    S  2.  Section  305  of  the  education law is amended by adding a new
   12  subdivision 53 to read as follows:
   13    53. HE OR SHE SHALL REQUIRE THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OR TRUSTEES OF EACH
   14  SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT IS  FOUND  TO  BE  OUT  OF  COMPLIANCE  WITH  STATE
   15  INSTRUCTIONAL  REGULATIONS  FOR  ARTS  EDUCATION TO DEVELOP A CORRECTIVE
   16  ACTION PLAN THAT DESCRIBES    STEPS  TO  ENSURE  COMPLIANCE  WITH  STATE
   17  REQUIREMENTS  WITH A TIMETABLE FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF STEPS WITHIN TWELVE
   18  MONTHS OF THE AUDIT. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL BE REQUIRED  TO  REVIEW  AND
   19  APPROVE ALL ACTION PLANS AND FACILITATE THEIR IMPLEMENTATION AND MAKE AN
   20  ANNUAL  REPORT  TO  THE  LEGISLATURE AND THE PUBLIC ON PROGRESS AT THOSE
   21  SCHOOLS.
   22    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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