Bill Text: NY S02923 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires that school districts establish a gifted and talented program for gifted and twice-exceptional pupils; establishes guidelines as to the development of such programs and the identification of gifted and twice-exceptional pupils.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S02923 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S02923-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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           S. 2923                                                  A. 4265
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                             S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 30, 2015
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       IN  SENATE  --  Introduced  by  Sens. ADDABBO, SAMPSON -- read twice and
         ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
         Education
       IN  ASSEMBLY  --  Introduced by M. of A. THIELE, AUBRY, JAFFEE, SCARBOR-
         OUGH, TITONE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of A. MAGNARELLI,  McDONOUGH
         -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education  law, in relation to requiring school
         districts to  establish  programs  for  gifted  and  twice-exceptional
         pupils
         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  4454
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S  4454. GIFTED AND TALENTED PROGRAM.  1. EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THIS
    4  STATE SHALL ESTABLISH A DISTRICT-WIDE GIFTED AND  TALENTED  PROGRAM  FOR
    5  PUPILS  WHO  MEET THE CRITERIA ESTABLISHED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION
    6  FORTY-FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY-TWO OF THIS ARTICLE, AND SHALL  BE  RESPONSIBLE
    7  FOR  ENSURING  THAT APPROPRIATE INSTRUCTIONAL ADAPTATIONS INCLUDING, BUT
    8  NOT LIMITED TO GIFTED IEPS (GIEPS) DEVELOPED  BY  CERTIFIED  GIFTED  AND
    9  TALENTED LEARNING SPECIALISTS, DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION, CONTACT TIME,
   10  SOCIAL  AND  EMOTIONAL  SUPPORT,  ACADEMIC  GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING, AND
   11  CONTENT-BASED ACCELERATION, ARE DESIGNED AND DELIVERED FOR SUCH PUPILS.
   12    2. EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT  SHALL  ESTABLISH  AN  ONGOING  IDENTIFICATION
   13  PROCESS FOR GIFTED PUPILS, INCLUDING TWICE-EXCEPTIONAL PUPILS, INITIATED
   14  IN  PRE-KINDERGARTEN  AND  REVIEWED  ANNUALLY  THROUGH GRADE TWELVE. THE
   15  SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL ENSURE THAT THE IDENTIFICATION METHODOLOGY EMPLOYS
   16  MULTIFACETED CRITERIA  CONSISTENT  WITH  RECOMMENDED  PRACTICES  IN  THE
   17  FIELD,  AND  IS  DEVELOPMENTALLY  APPROPRIATE,  NON-DISCRIMINATORY,  AND
   18  RELATED TO THE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES OFFERED.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD07825-01-5
       S. 2923                             2                            A. 4265
    1    3. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROVIDE EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT  WITH  CURRICULUM
    2  FRAMEWORKS  WHICH  SHALL  SUGGEST A VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES AND STRATEGIES
    3  THAT MAY ASSIST IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL  CURRICULA  FOR  GIFTED  AND
    4  TWICE-EXCEPTIONAL  PUPILS.    SUCH  FRAMEWORKS SHALL ADDRESS ADAPTATIONS
    5  THAT  ARE  EDUCATIONALLY  CHALLENGING  FOR  GIFTED AND TWICE-EXCEPTIONAL
    6  PUPILS IN CORE SUBJECT AREAS AS IDENTIFIED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
    7    4. IN ADDITION, THE  SCHOOL  BOARDS  OF  EACH  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  SHALL
    8  PROVIDE  PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRAM EVALUATION, DIFFERENTIATED
    9  INSTRUCTION, CONTACT TIME, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, ACADEMIC  GUID-
   10  ANCE  AND  COUNSELING, AND CONTENT-BASED ACCELERATION, AND ENCOURAGE THE
   11  ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT OF  REPRESENTATIVES  FROM  THE  COMMUNITY,  BUSINESS,
   12  INDUSTRY,  LABOR,  AND HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE GIFTED
   13  AND TALENTED PROGRAM.
   14    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July  next  succeeding
   15  the  date  on  which it shall have become a law; provided, however, that
   16  the commissioner of education is authorized to promulgate any rules  and
   17  regulations necessary for the effective implementation of this act on or
   18  before such date.