Assembly Bill A3281

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires school districts to establish programs for gifted pupils

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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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2011-A3281 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3301
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §4454, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A10970
2013-2014: S3389
2015-2016: S2923
2017-2018: S3812

2011-A3281 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that school districts establish a gifted and talented program for gifted pupils, and also establishes guidelines as to the development of such programs and the identification of gifted pupils.

2011-A3281 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3281

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 24, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Education

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education  law, in relation to requiring school
  districts to establish programs for gifted pupils

  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 4454
to read as follows:
  S 4454. GIFTED AND TALENTED PROGRAM.  1. EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT IN  THIS
STATE  SHALL  ESTABLISH  A DISTRICT-WIDE GIFTED AND TALENTED PROGRAM FOR
PUPILS WHO MEET THE CRITERIA ESTABLISHED IN SUBDIVISION ONE  OF  SECTION
FORTY-FOUR  HUNDRED  FIFTY-TWO OF THIS ARTICLE, AND SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE
FOR ENSURING THAT APPROPRIATE INSTRUCTIONAL ADAPTATIONS ARE DESIGNED AND
DELIVERED FOR SUCH PUPILS.
  2. EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT  SHALL  ESTABLISH  AN  ONGOING  IDENTIFICATION
PROCESS FOR GIFTED PUPILS INITIATED IN KINDERGARTEN AND REVIEWED ANNUAL-
LY THROUGH GRADE TWELVE. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL ENSURE THAT THE IDEN-
TIFICATION  METHODOLOGY USED IS DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE, NON-DISCRI-
MINATORY, AND RELATED TO THE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES OFFERED.
  3. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROVIDE EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT  WITH  CURRICULUM
FRAMEWORKS  WHICH  SHALL  SUGGEST A VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES AND STRATEGIES
THAT MAY ASSIST IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL CURRICULA FOR GIFTED PUPILS.
SUCH FRAMEWORKS SHALL ADDRESS ADAPTATIONS THAT ARE  EDUCATIONALLY  CHAL-
LENGING  FOR  GIFTED  PUPILS  IN CORE SUBJECT AREAS AS IDENTIFIED BY THE
DEPARTMENT.
  4. IN ADDITION, THE  SCHOOL  BOARDS  OF  EACH  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  SHALL
ENCOURAGE  THE ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE COMMUNITY,
BUSINESS, INDUSTRY, LABOR, AND HIGHER EDUCATION IN  THE  DEVELOPMENT  OF
THE GIFTED AND TALENTED PROGRAM.
  S  2.  This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
the date on which it shall have become a law;  provided,  however,  that
the  commissioner of education is authorized to promulgate any rules and
regulations necessary for the effective implementation of this act on or
before such date.

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