Bill Text: NY S02109 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Establishes a career and technical high school diploma (CTE) for students completing a course of study for a career or trade.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-06-18 - referred to education [S02109 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S02109-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         2109--A
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 12, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sens. FELDER, HELMING, RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered
          printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Educa-
          tion  --  recommitted to the Committee on Education in accordance with
          Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from  said  committee  and
          committed  to  the  Committee on Finance -- committee discharged, bill
          amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
          tee
        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    §  817. Career and technical education pathway to a high school diplo-
     4  ma. 1. a. A career and technical education (hereinafter referred  to  in
     5  this  section  as CTE) pathway to a high school diploma is hereby estab-
     6  lished. A CTE pathway to a diploma 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;
    10    (iii) be made available to all students, including, but not limited to
    11  students with disabilities.
    12    b.  A CTE pathway to a diploma shall be based on curriculum and train-
    13  ing designed to provide students with career, trade and technical skills
    14  and shall demonstrate that the student is ready for a career or trade as
    15  determined by regulations of the commissioner. A CTE pathway to a diplo-
    16  ma shall include, but not be limited to:
    17    (i) completion of a CTE sequence provided and administered by a  busi-
    18  ness  practicing a particular trade or career, by a board of cooperative
    19  educational services or any secondary education program approved by  the
    20  commissioner or by an institution of higher education;
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    (ii)  completion of work-based learning experiences as provided by the
     2  approved program; and
     3    (iii) completion of a work-skills employability profile.
     4    c.  For  purposes  of  this  section, a career and technical education
     5  shall include, but not be limited to, courses of study in the  following
     6  career  fields: agriculture education, business and marketing education,
     7  family and consumer sciences education,  health  occupations  education,
     8  technical  education,  technology  education,  and  trade and industrial
     9  education.
    10    2. The regents, in consultation with trade and professional  organiza-
    11  tions,  shall  promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to estab-
    12  lish the curriculum, assessments and any other  criteria  that  students
    13  must achieve to earn a regents or local diploma via a CTE pathway.
    14    3.  Students who entered high school in the two thousand eighteen--two
    15  thousand nineteen school year and thereafter shall be eligible to earn a
    16  diploma via a CTE pathway.
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided  that  effective
    18  immediately,  the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regu-
    19  lation necessary for the timely implementation of this act on its effec-
    20  tive date are authorized and directed to be made  and  completed  on  or
    21  before such effective date.