S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6589
I N S E N A T E
March 1, 2012
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Introduced by Sen. ESPAILLAT -- 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 admission to a special
high school 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:
Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 2590-g of the education law, as
amended by chapter 345 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as
follows:
4. subject to the provisions of section twenty-five hundred ninety-i
of this article, maintain such jurisdiction over city-wide educational
policies governing the special, academic, vocational, and other high
schools authorized by this article [before the effective date of this
section] as the respective community district education councils main-
tain over the schools within their jurisdiction, which shall not be
construed to require or authorize the day-to-day supervision or the
administration of the operations of such schools. PROVIDED, FURTHER,
THE CITY BOARD SHALL ESTABLISH PROCEDURES AND STANDARDS FOR THE ADMIS-
SION TO THE SPECIAL HIGH SCHOOLS OF THE CITY DISTRICT, INCLUDING THE
GRADE POINT AVERAGES OF APPLICANTS, PERSONAL STATEMENTS OF INTEREST
SUBMITTED BY APPLICANTS AND SUCH OTHER FACTORS AS THE CITY BOARD SHALL
DETERMINE TO BE NECESSARY.
S 2. Subdivision 4 of section 2590-g of the education law, as amended
by chapter 720 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
4. subject to the provisions of section twenty-five hundred ninety-i
of this article, maintain such jurisdiction over policies governing the
special, academic, vocational and other high schools authorized by this
article [before the effective date of this section] as the respective
community boards maintain over the schools within their jurisdiction,
which shall not be construed to require or authorize the day-to-day
supervision or the administration of the operations of such schools.
PROVIDED, FURTHER, THE CITY BOARD SHALL ESTABLISH PROCEDURES AND STAND-
ARDS FOR THE ADMISSION TO THE SPECIAL HIGH SCHOOLS OF THE CITY DISTRICT,
INCLUDING THE GRADE POINT AVERAGES OF APPLICANTS, PERSONAL STATEMENTS OF
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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INTEREST SUBMITTED BY APPLICANTS AND SUCH OTHER FACTORS AS THE CITY
BOARD SHALL DETERMINE TO BE NECESSARY.
S 3. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 2590-h of the education
law, as amended by chapter 345 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read
as follows:
(b) all specialized senior high schools. The special high schools
shall include the present schools known as:
The Bronx High School of Science, Stuyvesant High School, Brooklyn
Technical High School, Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music and
the Arts in the borough of Manhattan, and such further schools which the
city board may designate from time to time. The special schools shall be
permitted to maintain a discovery program in accordance with the law in
effect on the date preceding the effective date of this section[; admis-
sions to the special schools shall be conducted in accordance with the
law in effect on the date preceding the effective date of this section];
S 4. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 2590-h of the education
law, as amended by chapter 720 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read
as follows:
(b) all specialized senior high schools. The special high schools
shall include the present schools known as:
The Bronx High School of Science, Stuyvesant High School, Brooklyn
Technical High School, Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music and
the Arts in the borough of Manhattan, and such further schools which the
city board may designate from time to time. The special schools shall be
permitted to maintain a discovery program in accordance with the law in
effect on the date preceding the effective date of this section[; admis-
sions to the special schools shall be conducted in accordance with the
law in effect on the date preceding the effective date of this section];
S 5. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding
the date on which it shall have become a law, except that sections two
and four of this act shall take effect on the same date as sections
2590-g and 2590-h of the education law expire and revert pursuant to
chapter 345 of the laws of 2009, as amended, when upon such date
sections one and three of this act shall be deemed repealed; provided,
further, that effective immediately, any actions necessary to implement
the provisions of this act on its effective date are authorized and
directed to be completed on or before such date.