Bill Text: NY S04051 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires the education department to report the results of English/language arts and mathematics assessments to parents of pupils by the last day of classes.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-06-08 - referred to education [S04051 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S04051-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        4051--A
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 26, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Education  --  committee
         discharged  and  said bill committed to the Committee on New York City
         Education Subcommittee -- reported favorably from said  committee  and
         committed  to the Committee on Education -- committee discharged, bill
         amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
         tee
       AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring the report-
         ing of the results of English/language arts  and  mathematics  assess-
         ments  to  the  person  in parental relation to each elementary school
         pupil who is so assessed
         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 3211-b
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S  3211-B.  REPORTS  OF  ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS AND MATHEMATICS ASSESS-
    4  MENTS. THE RESULTS OF AND THE DEPARTMENT DESIGNATED PROFICIENCY LEVEL OF
    5  ANY ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS OR MATHEMATICS ASSESSMENT TEST ADMINISTERED BY
    6  A SCHOOL DISTRICT OR SCHOOL TO ANY  ELEMENTARY  SCHOOL  PUPIL  SHALL  BE
    7  REPORTED TO THE PERSON IN PARENTAL RELATION TO SUCH PUPIL BY THE DEPART-
    8  MENT  ON  OR  BEFORE  THE LAST DAY OF CLASS FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR IN WHICH
    9  SUCH TEST WAS ADMINISTERED. THE REGENTS AND DEPARTMENT  SHALL  ESTABLISH
   10  AND  PROVIDE  TO  EVERY PERSON IN PARENTAL RELATION, SCHOOL DISTRICT AND
   11  SCHOOL, ON OR BEFORE MAY TWENTIETH, THE FOUR PROFICIENCY LEVELS FOR EACH
   12  GRADE LEVEL OR EACH ASSESSMENT TEST ADMINISTERED TO SUCH GRADE.
   13    S 2. 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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