Bill Text: NY S01704 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 1704 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to employment preparation education programs; authorizes persons under 21 who are attending regular day school classes and are designated as English language learners to attend employment preparation education programs at no additional cost to the school district or BOCES, provided there is space available.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S01704 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S01704-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1704

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 14, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced by Sens. GALLIVAN, KENNEDY -- 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 employment preparation
          education programs

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 11 of section 3602  of  the  education  law  is
     2  amended by adding a new paragraph i to read as follows:
     3    i.  Notwithstanding  any  other  provision of law to the contrary, any
     4  student under twenty-one years of age who  attends  regular  day  school
     5  classes  and  is designated as an English language learner by his or her
     6  school district or BOCES program, shall be eligible to participate in an
     7  approved employment preparation education program, provided  that  space
     8  is  available,  at  no additional cost to such school district or BOCES;
     9  and provided, further, that such students shall not  be  included  under
    10  paragraphs b and h of this subdivision.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04093-01-1