Bill Text: NY S07983 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Expands the discovery program to all of New York City's specialized high schools.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-16 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S07983 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S07983-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7983 IN SENATE March 16, 2018 ___________ Introduced by Sens. BAILEY, STAVISKY -- 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 expanding the discov- ery program to all of New York City's specialized high schools 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, The Brooklyn Latin School, High 9 School for Mathematics Science and Engineering at The City College of 10 New York, High School of American Studies at Lehman College, Queens High 11 School for the Sciences at York College, Staten Island Technical High 12 School, and such further schools which the city board may designate from 13 time to time. The special schools shall [be permitted to] maintain a 14 discovery program in accordance with the law in effect on the date 15 preceding the effective date of this section; admissions to the special 16 schools shall be conducted in accordance with the law in effect on the 17 date preceding the effective date of this section; 18 § 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 2590-h of the education 19 law, as amended by chapter 720 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read 20 as follows: 21 (b) all specialized senior high schools. The special high schools 22 shall include the present schools known as: 23 The Bronx High School of Science, Stuyvesant High School, Brooklyn 24 Technical High School, Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music and 25 the Arts in the borough of Manhattan, The Brooklyn Latin School, High 26 School for Mathematics Science and Engineering at The City College of 27 New York, High School of American Studies at Lehman College, Queens High 28 School for the Sciences at York College, Staten Island Technical High EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD15078-03-8S. 7983 2 1 School, and such further schools which the city board may designate from 2 time to time. The special schools shall [be permitted to] maintain a 3 discovery program in accordance with the law in effect on the date 4 preceding the effective date of this section; admissions to the special 5 schools shall be conducted in accordance with the law in effect on the 6 date preceding the effective date of this section; 7 § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding 8 the date on which it shall have become a law; provided, however, the 9 amendments to paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 2590-h of the 10 education law made by section one of this act shall be subject to the 11 expiration and reversion of such section pursuant to subdivision 12 of 12 section 17 of chapter 345 of the laws of 2009, as amended, when upon 13 such date the provisions of section two of this act shall take effect.
