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BILL NUMBER:S6878
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the education law, in relation to permitting the parents
of pupils attending a persistently lowest-achieving school to choose an
education intervention model
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
Permits the parents of pupils attending a persistently lowest achieving
school in any of the big five school districts to choose an educational
intervention model.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
The education law is amended by adding a new section 3613. This section
would mandate that "PLA" schools identified by the Commissioner as
persistently lowest achieving and that are required to implement a
federal education intervention model in accordance with eligibility
requirements established for federal education improvement grants shall
permit the parents or legal guardians of pupils attending such PLA
school to choose which intervention model shall be implemented: the
turnaround model, restart model or transformation model. Implementation
of the desired model would be based upon at least fifty-five percent of
the parents and legal guardians voting and signing a petition identify-
ing the supported model. These provisions apply to cities with a popu-
lation of more than one hundred and twenty-five thousand.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6878
I N S E N A T E
April 4, 2012
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- read twice and ordered printed, and
when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to permitting the parents
of pupils attending a persistently lowest-achieving school to choose
an education intervention model
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 3613
to read as follows:
S 3613. PERSISTENTLY LOWEST-ACHIEVING SCHOOLS; INTERVENTION MODELS. 1.
FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL MEAN: A.
"PERSISTENTLY LOWEST-ACHIEVING (PLA) SCHOOLS", THE BOTTOM FIVE PERCENT
OF TITLE ONE SCHOOLS IN IMPROVEMENT, CORRECTIVE ACTION OR RESTRUCTURING
STATUS THAT HAVE THE LOWEST COMBINED PERFORMANCE ON THE STATE'S ENGLISH
LANGUAGE ARTS AND MATHEMATICS TESTS AND THAT HAVE FAILED TO DEMONSTRATE
PROGRESS ON THESE ASSESSMENTS.
B. "INTERVENTION MODELS", FEDERAL EDUCATION INTERVENTION MODELS WHICH
INCLUDE THE TURNAROUND MODEL, RESTART MODEL, TRANSFORMATION MODEL OR
CLOSURE MODEL. IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR FEDERAL EDUCATION IMPROVE-
MENT GRANTS, THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION REQUIRES A PLA
SCHOOL TO EITHER: (1) REDESIGN OR REPLACE SUCH SCHOOL (TURNAROUND); (2)
CONVERT SUCH SCHOOL TO A CHARTER SCHOOL OR CONTRACT WITH AN EDUCATIONAL
PARTNERSHIP ORGANIZATION TO OPERATE SUCH SCHOOL (RESTART); (3) TRANSFORM
SUCH SCHOOL (TRANSFORMATION); OR (4) CLOSE SUCH SCHOOL AND TRANSFER
STUDENTS TO HIGHER PERFORMING SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT (CLOSURE).
2. ANY SCHOOL IDENTIFIED BY THE COMMISSIONER AS PERSISTENTLY
LOWEST-ACHIEVING AND THAT IS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT ONE OF FOUR INTER-
VENTION MODELS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS ESTABLISHED
FOR FEDERAL EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT GRANTS, SHALL PERMIT THE PARENTS OR
LEGAL GUARDIANS OF PUPILS ATTENDING SUCH PLA SCHOOL TO CHOOSE WHICH
INTERVENTION MODEL SHALL BE IMPLEMENTED IF AT LEAST FIFTY-FIVE PERCENT
OF THE PARENTS OR LEGAL GUARDIANS OF PUPILS ATTENDING SUCH SCHOOL HAVE
VOTED AND SIGNED A PETITION IDENTIFYING ONE INTERVENTION MODEL.
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION ELIGIBLE SCHOOLS MAY
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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