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Assembly Bill A2969

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Authorizes the commissioner of education to require the education department to report on the number and percentage of N.Y. city high school students discharged to GED programs

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2011-A2969 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง305, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A1302
2013-2014: A5853
2015-2016: A1532

2011-A2969 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the commissioner of education to require the education department to report on the number and percentage of NYC high school students discharged to GED programs and the number and percentage of successful completions of such programs.

2011-A2969 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2969

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 21, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. WRIGHT, COLTON, PHEFFER -- read once and referred
  to the Committee on Education

AN  ACT  to amend the education law, in relation to GED program account-
  ability

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  35  of  section 305 of the education law, as
added by chapter 667 of the laws of 2006, is renumbered  subdivision  42
and a new subdivision 43 is added to read as follows:
  43. THE COMMISSIONER IS AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO REQUIRE THE DEPART-
MENT  TO  INCLUDE  AND REPORT THE NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF NEW YORK CITY
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS BEING DISCHARGED INTO GED PROGRAMS AND  THE  NUMBER
AND  PERCENTAGE  OF  SUCCESSFUL COMPLETIONS OF ALL GED PROGRAMS THAT THE
NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION  DISCHARGES  STUDENTS  INTO.  SUCH
REPORT  DETAILING THE PROGRESS OF SUCH STUDENTS SHALL BE PROVIDED TO THE
LEGISLATURE AND THE NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate-
ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal  of  any  rule  or  regulation
necessary  for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are
authorized and directed to be made  and  completed  on  or  before  such
effective date.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02777-01-1

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