Bill Text: NY S07738 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to admission to a special high school in the city school district of New York.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-03 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S07738 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S07738-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7738
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     June 3, 2014
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       Introduced by Sens. FELDER, ESPAILLAT -- 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 admission to a special
         high  school  in the city school district of the city of New York; and
         providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Paragraph  (b)  of subdivision 1 of section 2590-h of the
    2  education law, as amended by chapter 345 of the laws of 2009, is amended
    3  to read as follows:
    4    (b) all specialized [senior] high schools. The  special  high  schools
    5  shall include the present schools known as:
    6    The  Bronx  High  School  of Science, Stuyvesant High School, Brooklyn
    7  Technical High School, Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School  of  Music  and
    8  the Arts in the borough of Manhattan, BROOKLYN LATIN SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL
    9  FOR MATH, SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING AT CITY COLLEGE, HIGH SCHOOL OF AMERI-
   10  CAN  STUDIES  AT  LEHMAN COLLEGE, QUEENS HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES AT
   11  YORK  COLLEGE,  AND  STATEN  ISLAND  TECHNICAL  HIGH  SCHOOL,  and  such
   12  [further]  ADDITIONAL  schools  which  the city board may designate from
   13  time to time. THE CITY BOARD SHALL ESTABLISH  PROCEDURES  AND  STANDARDS
   14  FOR  ADMISSION  TO  THE SPECIAL HIGH SCHOOLS OF THE CITY DISTRICT, WHICH
   15  SHALL CONSIST OF MULTIPLE MEASURES OF STUDENT MERIT INCLUDING THE  GRADE
   16  POINT  AVERAGES  OF APPLICANTS, SCHOOL ATTENDANCE RECORDS, SCHOOL ADMIS-
   17  SION TEST  SCORES,  AND  STATE  TEST  SCORES;  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT
   18  APPROVED SCHOOL ABSENCES SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED AS A MEASURE OF STUDENT
   19  MERIT  FOR  ATTENDANCE  PURPOSES.  THE  CITY  BOARD  OR CHANCELLOR SHALL
   20  PROVIDE WRITTEN EXPLANATION OF THE WEIGHTINGS SELECTED,  AND  MAKE  SUCH
   21  EXPLANATION  PUBLICLY AVAILABLE, INCLUDING VIA THE CITY BOARD'S OFFICIAL
   22  INTERNET WEBSITE. THE  CHANCELLOR  SHALL  ENSURE  THAT  NOTICE  OF  SUCH
   23  SPECIAL  HIGH  SCHOOLS' ENTRANCE EXAMINATION IS WIDELY AND CONSPICUOUSLY
   24  POSTED IN A MANNER TO MAXIMIZE THE NUMBER OF AFFECTED  INDIVIDUALS  THAT
   25  RECEIVE  NOTICE,  INCLUDING  PROVIDING  NOTICE  TO  AFFECTED PARENTS AND
   26  STUDENTS. The special schools shall be [permitted] REQUIRED to  maintain
   27  a  discovery  program  [in accordance with the law in effect on the date
   28  preceding the effective date of this section; admissions to the  special
   29  schools  shall  be conducted in accordance with the law in effect on the
   30  date preceding the effective date of this section;]. THE PRINCIPAL OF  A
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD14478-04-4
       S. 7738                             2
    1  SPECIAL HIGH SCHOOL MAY ADMIT A STUDENT WHO HAS SATISFACTORILY COMPLETED
    2  SUCH  A PROGRAM AT HIS OR HER SCHOOL, SUBJECT TO REGULATIONS OF THE CITY
    3  BOARD.
    4    S 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 2590-h of the education
    5  law,  as  amended by chapter 720 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read
    6  as follows:
    7    (b) all specialized [senior] high schools. The  special  high  schools
    8  shall include the present schools known as:
    9    The  Bronx  High  School  of Science, Stuyvesant High School, Brooklyn
   10  Technical High School, Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School  of  Music  and
   11  the Arts in the borough of Manhattan, BROOKLYN LATIN SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL
   12  FOR MATH, SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING AT CITY COLLEGE, HIGH SCHOOL OF AMERI-
   13  CAN  STUDIES  AT  LEHMAN COLLEGE, QUEENS HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES AT
   14  YORK  COLLEGE,  AND  STATEN  ISLAND  TECHNICAL  HIGH  SCHOOL,  and  such
   15  [further]  ADDITIONAL  schools  which  the city board may designate from
   16  time to time. THE CITY BOARD SHALL ESTABLISH  PROCEDURES  AND  STANDARDS
   17  FOR  ADMISSION  TO  THE SPECIAL HIGH SCHOOLS OF THE CITY DISTRICT, WHICH
   18  SHALL CONSIST OF MULTIPLE MEASURES OF STUDENT MERIT INCLUDING THE  GRADE
   19  POINT  AVERAGES  OF APPLICANTS, SCHOOL ATTENDANCE RECORDS, SCHOOL ADMIS-
   20  SION TEST  SCORES,  AND  STATE  TEST  SCORES;  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT
   21  APPROVED SCHOOL ABSENCES SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED AS A MEASURE OF STUDENT
   22  MERIT  FOR  ATTENDANCE  PURPOSES.  THE  CITY  BOARD  OR CHANCELLOR SHALL
   23  PROVIDE WRITTEN EXPLANATION OF THE WEIGHTINGS SELECTED,  AND  MAKE  SUCH
   24  EXPLANATION  PUBLICLY AVAILABLE, INCLUDING VIA THE CITY BOARD'S OFFICIAL
   25  INTERNET WEBSITE. THE  CHANCELLOR  SHALL  ENSURE  THAT  NOTICE  OF  SUCH
   26  SPECIAL  HIGH  SCHOOLS' ENTRANCE EXAMINATION IS WIDELY AND CONSPICUOUSLY
   27  POSTED IN A MANNER TO MAXIMIZE THE NUMBER OF AFFECTED  INDIVIDUALS  THAT
   28  RECEIVE  NOTICE,  INCLUDING  PROVIDING  NOTICE  TO  AFFECTED PARENTS AND
   29  STUDENTS. The special schools shall be [permitted] REQUIRED to  maintain
   30  a  discovery  program  [in accordance with the law in effect on the date
   31  preceding the effective date of this section; admissions to the  special
   32  schools  shall  be conducted in accordance with the law in effect on the
   33  date preceding the effective date of this section]. THE PRINCIPAL  OF  A
   34  SPECIAL HIGH SCHOOL MAY ADMIT A STUDENT WHO HAS SATISFACTORILY COMPLETED
   35  SUCH  A PROGRAM AT HIS OR HER SCHOOL, SUBJECT TO REGULATIONS OF THE CITY
   36  BOARD;
   37    S 3. This act shall take effect on the first of July  next  succeeding
   38  the  date  on  which it shall have become a law, and shall expire and be
   39  deemed repealed 5 years after such effective  date;  provided  that  the
   40  amendments  to  paragraph  (b) of subdivision 1 of section 2590-h of the
   41  education law, made by sections one and two of this act, shall apply  to
   42  the Stuyvesant high school, the Bronx high school of science, the Brook-
   43  lyn  technical high school, the Staten Island technical high school, the
   44  Queens high school for the sciences at York college, the high school for
   45  mathematics, science and engineering at city college,  the  high  school
   46  for  American  studies at Lehman college, the Brooklyn Latin school, and
   47  all additional schools that the board of education of  the  city  school
   48  district of the city of New York designates as special high schools, not
   49  including  the  Fiorello H. LaGuardia high school of music and the arts;
   50  provided, further, that the amendments to paragraph (b) of subdivision 1
   51  of section 2590-h of the education law made by section one of  this  act
   52  shall  be subject to the expiration and reversion of such section pursu-
   53  ant to subdivision 12 of section 17 of chapter 345 of the laws of  2009,
   54  as  amended,  when  upon such date the provisions of section two of this
   55  act shall take effect.