Assembly Bill A4470

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Establishes the community schools act; appropriation

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  • 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

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2021-A4470 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1030
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §3602-g, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A6791, S5447
2017-2018: A2152, S3481
2019-2020: A1780, S5561
2023-2024: A2534, S300

2021-A4470 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the community schools act; authorizes the commissioner to award grants for community schools programming; appropriates funds therefor.

2021-A4470 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4470
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. PEOPLES-STOKES, FAHY, LAVINE -- Multi-Sponsored
   by -- M. of A.   COOK, GUNTHER, JOYNER, MAGNARELLI,  NOLAN,  STECK  --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Education
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education  law, in relation to establishing the
   community schools act; and making an appropriation therefor

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "community
 schools act".
   § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new  section  3602-g  to
 read as follows:
   §  3602-G.  COMMUNITY SCHOOLS GRANT PROGRAM. 1. THERE IS HEREBY ESTAB-
 LISHED WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT A COMMUNITY SCHOOLS GRANT PROGRAM  TO  FUND
 THE  PLANNING,  IMPLEMENTATION,  IMPROVEMENT AND EVALUATION OF COMMUNITY
 SCHOOLS. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROGRAM SHALL BE:
   A. TO  ENSURE  HIGH-QUALITY  EDUCATIONAL  OPPORTUNITIES  AND  IMPROVED
 EDUCATIONAL  OUTCOMES  FOR  ALL STUDENTS THROUGH INVESTMENT IN COMMUNITY
 SCHOOLS;
   B. TO  ESTABLISH  SUSTAINABLE  COMMUNITY  SCHOOLS  WITH  ENGAGING  AND
 CULTURALLY  RELEVANT  CURRICULUM, HEALTH, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL SERVICES,
 POSITIVE DISCIPLINE PRACTICES SUCH AS RESTORATIVE JUSTICE, AND TRANSFOR-
 MATIONAL PARENT AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AS A COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTION TO
 PROBLEMS FACING PUBLIC SCHOOLS, ESPECIALLY IN POOR COMMUNITIES; AND
   C. TO DOCUMENT AND EVALUATE LESSONS  LEARNED  FROM  COMMUNITY  SCHOOLS
 PROGRAMS TO DEVELOP A SET OF BEST PRACTICES TO BE SHARED LOCALLY, STATE-
 WIDE AND NATIONALLY.
   2. A. WITHIN AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED THEREFOR, THE COMMISSIONER IS HEREBY
 AUTHORIZED  AND  DIRECTED  TO  AWARD COMPETITIVE GRANTS PURSUANT TO THIS
 SECTION TO ELIGIBLE SCHOOL DISTRICTS OR IN A CITY WITH A  POPULATION  OF
 ONE  MILLION  OR  MORE AN ELIGIBLE ENTITY TO IMPLEMENT, BEGINNING IN THE
 TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO  SCHOOL  YEAR,  A  PLAN
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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