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Assembly Bill A8308

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides that variance of class size by notification for the middle and secondary grades will no longer be permitted for special act school districts

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2009-A8308 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5613
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง4402, Ed L

2009-A8308 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that variance of class size by notification for the middle and secondary grades will no longer be permitted for special act school districts.

2009-A8308 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  8308

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 13, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to providing  that  vari-
  ance of class size by notification for the middle and secondary grades
  will no longer be permitted for special act school districts

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subparagraph 1 of paragraph d of subdivision 2  of  section
4402  of  the  education  law,  as amended by chapter 474 of the laws of
1996, is amended to read as follows:
  1. Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule  or  regulation  to  the
contrary,  the  board  of  education  or  trustees of a school district,
except a city school district in a city with a population of one million
or more inhabitants OR A SPECIAL ACT SCHOOL DISTRICT may,  upon  written
notice  to  the commissioner in compliance with subparagraph two of this
paragraph and parental notification, for the  remainder  of  the  school
year  exceed  the standards established in regulation for special educa-
tion class sizes for middle and secondary school students as defined  by
the  commissioner  for purposes of this section by no more than a twenty
percent increase above such standards, provided that the district is  in
compliance  with  such standards at the start of classes in September of
the school year, and further provided that a city school district  in  a
city  with  a population of one hundred twenty-five thousand or more and
less than one million  inhabitants  shall  have  the  option  of  either
increasing  maximum  class  sizes  in  any  school year pursuant to this
section or establishing class sizes  for  special  classes  for  certain
students with disabilities in accordance with the provisions of subdivi-
sion six of this section.
  S  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately, provided however, that
the amendments to paragraph d of subdivision 2 of section  4402  of  the
education  law  made  by  section  one  of this act shall not affect the
repeal of such paragraph and shall be deemed repealed therewith.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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