Bill Text: NY S06042 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires schools that offer continuing education adult classes to maintain student records for a minimum of ten years and to notify students of such classes that such records and transcripts will be maintained for such period.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-12 - COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES [S06042 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S06042-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6042
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 4, 2012
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  MONTGOMERY  -- 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 requiring schools that
         offer continuing education adult classes to maintain  student  records
         for a minimum of ten years
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 4604  of  the  education  law,  as
    2  added by chapter 90 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read as follows:
    3    3. The commissioner is authorized and directed to promulgate rules and
    4  regulations THAT REQUIRE SUCH CONTINUING EDUCATION ADULT SCHOOLS to:
    5    A.  MAINTAIN  STUDENT  RECORDS  AND  TRANSCRIPTS  FOR A MINIMUM OF TEN
    6  YEARS;
    7    B. NOTIFY THE STUDENTS OF SUCH SCHOOL  THAT  SUCH  RECORDS  AND  TRAN-
    8  SCRIPTS SHALL BE MAINTAINED FOR A MINIMUM OF TEN YEARS; AND
    9    C.  provide  for  the notification of participants in adult continuing
   10  education schools of the emergency procedures  to  be  followed  in  the
   11  event of fire.
   12    S  2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 115 to read
   13  as follows:
   14    S 115. CONTINUING EDUCATION ADULT SCHOOL RECORDS. 1. THE  COMMISSIONER
   15  SHALL  PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS REQUIRING ANY SCHOOL THAT OFFERS
   16  CONTINUING EDUCATION ADULT CLASSES TO:
   17    A. MAINTAIN STUDENT RECORDS AND  TRANSCRIPTS  FOR  A  MINIMUM  OF  TEN
   18  YEARS, AND
   19    B.  INFORM  STUDENTS  THAT  SUCH RECORDS AND TRANSCRIPTS WILL BE MAIN-
   20  TAINED FOR A MINIMUM OF TEN YEARS.
   21    2. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
   22    A. THE TERM "CONTINUING EDUCATION ADULT CLASSES" SHALL  MEAN  CLASSES,
   23  FOR  WHICH  A FEE IS CHARGED, THAT ADHERE TO THE GUIDELINES SET FORTH IN
   24  SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION FORTY-SIX HUNDRED FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER;
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD13677-01-1
       S. 6042                             2
    1    B. THE TERM "SCHOOL" SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO ANY COLLEGE,
    2  UNIVERSITY, ACADEMY, HIGH SCHOOL, COMMUNITY COLLEGE OR  CITY  UNIVERSITY
    3  OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
    4    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.