Bill Text: NY S07154 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes the differentiated learning environment task force, to conduct a comprehensive study on the way colleges and universities are preparing future teachers to work in urban settings and to offer differentiated classrooms.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-09 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S07154 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S07154-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7154

                    IN SENATE

                                     January 9, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education

        AN ACT to establish the differentiated learning environment task  force;
          and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration there-
          of

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1.  The  legislature  hereby  establishes  the  differentiated
     2  learning  environment  task  force, referred to hereinafter as the "task
     3  force", to conduct a comprehensive study on the way colleges and univer-
     4  sities are preparing future teachers to work in urban  settings  and  to
     5  offer differentiated classrooms.
     6    §  2.  For the purposes of this act the following terms shall have the
     7  following meanings:
     8    (a) "Differentiated learning environment" shall mean learning  methods
     9  designed to address individual students' diverse learning needs; and
    10    (b)  "Language-based learning differences" shall mean developmental or
    11  learning disabilities where a student has a  problem  or  problems  with
    12  age-appropriate reading, spelling, writing and/or math.
    13    § 3. Such task force shall consist of eleven members with demonstrated
    14  experience in issues relating to the work of the task force. The members
    15  of the task force shall be appointed as follows:
    16    (a) two members shall be appointed by the governor;
    17    (b)  two  members shall be appointed by the temporary president of the
    18  senate;
    19    (c) two members shall be appointed by the speaker of the assembly;
    20    (d) one member shall be appointed by the minority leader of the assem-
    21  bly;
    22    (e) one member shall be  appointed  by  the  minority  leader  of  the
    23  senate;
    24    (f)  two  members shall be appointed by the chancellor of the board of
    25  regents; and
    26    (g) one member shall be the commissioner of the department  of  educa-
    27  tion or their designee.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14610-02-9
        S. 7154                             2

     1    §  4.  The  task  force  shall  be  chaired by the commissioner of the
     2  department of education or their designee. Members  of  the  task  force
     3  shall receive no compensation for their services but shall be reimbursed
     4  for their actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties in
     5  the work of the task force.
     6    §  5.  Appointments shall be made within 60 days of the effective date
     7  of this act. Any vacancies in the membership of the task force shall  be
     8  filled in the same manner provided for in the initial appointment.
     9    §  6.  The  task  force  may consult with any organization, government
    10  entity, or person, in the  development  of  its  report  required  under
    11  section seven of this act.
    12    §  7.  On or before one year after the effective date of this act, the
    13  task force shall submit to the governor, the temporary president of  the
    14  senate,  the  speaker of the assembly, the minority leader of the senate
    15  and the minority leader of the assembly a  report  containing,  but  not
    16  limited to:
    17    (a)  A dual certification process for teachers to be certified in both
    18  special education and language-based learning differences; and
    19    (b) A comprehensive  professional  development  training  program  for
    20  persons  who  are  teachers and those who are studying to be teachers to
    21  learn the basics of differentiated learning environments.
    22    § 8. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire 24 months
    23  after it shall have become a law when upon such date the  provisions  of
    24  this act shall be deemed repealed.