Bill Text: NY S08030 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 8030 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to mandate relief in the city school district of the city of New York.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-06-07 - REFERRED TO RULES [S08030 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S08030-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8030
                    IN SENATE
                                      June 7, 2016
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  MARCELLINO  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
          when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to mandate relief in  the
          city school district of the city of New York
          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 4403  of  the  education  law,  as
     2  amended  by  chapter  82  of  the  laws  of  1995, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    3. To formulate such rules and regulations pertaining to the  physical
     5  and  educational  needs  of such children as the commissioner [of educa-
     6  tion] shall deem to be in their best  interests.  [In  the  city  school
     7  district  of  the  city of New York in complying with any rules or regu-
     8  lations promulgated under this section relating to maximum  group  size,
     9  other  than  regulations prescribing the maximum class size in self-con-
    10  tained special education classes, the commissioner  shall  allow  school
    11  districts  a  variance  of up to fifty percent rounded up to the nearest
    12  whole number from the maximum number of students as specified  in  regu-
    13  lation  in  an instructional group in a resource room program, a related
    14  service group, and the total number of students assigned to  a  resource
    15  room teacher.]
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15739-01-6