Bill Text: NY S04025 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to providing funding for transitional programs for students from English-speaking Caribbean countries who are not eligible for limited English proficiency programs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-26 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S04025 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S04025-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4025
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 26, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen. SAMPSON -- 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 funding  for  programs
         to  assist  students transitioning from the English-speaking countries
         of the Caribbean
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Section  3641 of the education law is amended by adding a
    2  new subdivision 17 to read as follows:
    3    17. TRANSITION PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS FROM  ENGLISH-SPEAKING  COUNTRIES
    4  OF  THE CARIBBEAN. A. CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN CITIES HAVING POPULATIONS
    5  IN EXCESS OF SIXTY-FIVE THOUSAND INHABITANTS  UPON  APPLICATION  TO  THE
    6  COMMISSIONER   THEREFORE,  AND  WITHIN  AMOUNTS  APPROPRIATED  FOR  SUCH
    7  PURPOSE, SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR GRANTS TO FUND PROGRAMS CONDUCTED BY SUCH
    8  DISTRICTS WHICH ARE DESIGNED AND INTENDED FOR THE PURPOSE OF AIDING  THE
    9  CULTURAL AND ACADEMIC TRANSITION OF STUDENTS FROM ENGLISH-SPEAKING COUN-
   10  TRIES  OF  THE  CARIBBEAN  INTO SCHOOLS IN NEW YORK STATE. SUCH PROGRAMS
   11  SHALL PROVIDE SUPPORT  AND  ADDITIONAL  INSTRUCTION  TO  FACILITATE  THE
   12  ADJUSTMENT  OF  SUCH  IMMIGRANT STUDENTS WHO DO NOT QUALIFY FOR PROGRAMS
   13  FOR LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY.
   14    B. SUCH DISTRICTS SHALL FILE A PLAN WITH THE COMMISSIONER WHICH  SHALL
   15  DETAIL  PROCEDURES  FOR  IDENTIFYING PUPILS WHO HAVE RECENTLY IMMIGRATED
   16  FROM ENGLISH-SPEAKING CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES AND DETAILING SERVICES  TO  BE
   17  PROVIDED  FOR  SUCH  STUDENTS.  PREFERENCE  SHALL  BE  GIVEN TO PROGRAMS
   18  PROVIDING INSTRUCTION, SUPPORT AND SERVICES  TO  STUDENTS  WHO  RECEIVED
   19  LIMITED OR INTERRUPTED FORMAL EDUCATION IN THEIR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN.
   20    C.  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ADOPT REGULATIONS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
   21  THIS GRANT PROGRAM.
   22    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July  next  succeeding
   23  the date on which it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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