Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|
---|---|
Jun 19, 2014 |
signed chap.28 |
Jun 09, 2014 |
delivered to governor |
May 12, 2014 |
returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.399 substituted for s6955 |
May 12, 2014 |
substituted by a9062a |
May 05, 2014 |
advanced to third reading |
Apr 30, 2014 |
2nd report cal. |
Apr 29, 2014 |
1st report cal.399 |
Apr 07, 2014 |
referred to education |
Senate Bill S6955
Signed By Governor2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status Via A9062 - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
-
- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
-
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
-
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
(D, WF) 63rd Senate District
2013-S6955 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A9062
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §1950, Ed L; amd §§3 & 4, Chap 396 of 2012
2013-S6955 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S6955 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to providing for the professional development to educators; and to amend chapter 396 of the laws of 2012 amending the education law, relating to services to out-of-state school districts by boards of cooperative educational services, in relation to extending the provisions thereof PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This bill extends the provisions of chapter 396 to allow BOCES to contract with out-of-state school districts to provide special education, career and technical education services, on line courses relating to implementation of the common cores standards and professional development to educators through July 1, 2019. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 allows BOCES contract with out of state school districts to provide professional development to educators. Section 2 extends Chapter 396 of the Laws of 2012 to July 1, 2019. Section 3 requires interim and final reports in 2018 about BOCES contracts to provide services to out of state school districts. Section 4 is the effective date. JUSTIFICATION: Boards of cooperative educational services (BOCES) are
2013-S6955 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6955 I N S E N A T E April 7, 2014 ___________ Introduced by Sen. FLANAGAN -- 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 providing for the professional development to educators; and to amend chapter 396 of the laws of 2012 amending the education law, relating to services to out- of-state school districts by boards of cooperative educational services, in relation to extending the provisions thereof THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subparagraph 10 of paragraph h of subdivision 4 of section 1950 of the education law, as added by chapter 396 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows: (10) To enter into contracts of no more than [two] FIVE years and subject to the sunset date of this subparagraph, with out-of-state school districts for special education and/or career and technical education services or for the use of existing products that demonstrate how to map the common core standards to assessments and/or provide access to existing webinars or online courses relating to implementation of the common core standards AND/OR FOR PROVIDING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOP- MENT TO EDUCATORS. Any contract shall be approved by the commissioner, the board of cooperative educational services and the district super- intendent of schools, provided such services are made available to any school district within the supervisory district and that the require- ments of this subparagraph are met. Contracts must be executed by the board of cooperative educational services and the trustees or boards of education of such out-of-state school districts and shall only authorize out-of-state students to participate in an instructional program if such services are available to all eligible students in New York state schools in the component districts and the number of participating out- of-state students only comprises up to five percent of the total number of the total enrolled students in the instructional program at the board of cooperative educational services and that the board of cooperative educational services spends no more than thirty percent of its employ- ees' time on services to out-of-state districts pursuant to this subpar- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
Comments
Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.
Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.
Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.