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Jan 06, 2010 |
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Jan 07, 2009 |
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Assembly Bill A505
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
KAVANAGH
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Michael Benjamin
Ginny Fields
Audrey Pheffer
multi-Sponsors
Peter Abbate
William Boyland
James F. Brennan
Barbara Clark
2009-A505 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S1457
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add ยง815, Ed L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2011-2012:
A6232, S721
2013-2014: A1973, S5192
2015-2016: A329, S554
2017-2018: A1154, S3641
2019-2020: A2180, S4826
2021-2022: S5281
2023-2024: S6768
2009-A505 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Directs the commissioner of education to establish an incentive program for school districts wishing to implement programs of foreign language in the elementary schools; further directs the commissioner of education to establish an incentive program for college students wishing to become foreign language teachers and makes an appropriation therefor.
2009-A505 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 505 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 7, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. KAVANAGH, BENJAMIN, FIELDS, PHEFFER -- Multi- Sponsored by -- M. of A. ABBATE, BOYLAND, BRADLEY, BRENNAN, CLARK, COLTON, COOK, ENGLEBRIGHT, ESPAILLAT, GOTTFRIED, GREENE, MAGNARELLI, McDONOUGH, PERRY, P. RIVERA, SCHROEDER, SWEENEY, TITUS, WALKER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to directing the commis- sioner of education to establish an incentive program for school districts wishing to implement programs of foreign language in the elementary schools and directing the commissioner of education to establish an incentive program for college students wishing to become foreign language teachers; 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. The education law is amended by adding a new section 815 to read as follows: S 815. FOREIGN LANGUAGE IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PROGRAM. 1. LEGISLA- TIVE INTENT. THE STUDENTS OF NEW YORK STATE NEED TO HAVE SKILLS IN AT LEAST ONE LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH (LOTE) AND UNDERSTANDING OF ANOTH- ER CULTURE IN ORDER TO SUCCESSFULLY CONFRONT THE CHALLENGES OF THE WORLD OF TODAY AND TOMORROW. THEY WILL HAVE TO COMPETE IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY; WORK WITH PEOPLE OF DIVERSE CULTURES ABROAD AND AT HOME, AND ENSURE OUR NATIONAL SECURITY. ONE GOAL OF THIS SECTION IS TO PROVIDE FUNDING TO START FOREIGN LANGUAGE IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (FLES) PROGRAMS FOR A LIMITED NUMBER OF SCHOOLS IN HIGH-NEED DISTRICTS. PARTICIPATION IN THIS PROGRAM IS VOLUNTARY. RELATIVELY FEW SCHOOL DISTRICTS OFFER FLES NATION-WIDE, ONLY SIX PERCENT OF STUDENTS STUDY FOREIGN LANGUAGE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THESE DISTRICTS TEND TO BE AMONG THE MORE AFFLUENT. BY CHOOSING FIVE SCHOOLS IN HIGH-NEED DISTRICTS, WE HOPE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THOSE SCHOOLS WHO CANNOT OTHERWISE AFFORD TO HAVE FLES PROGRAMS CAN SUCCEED. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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