Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jun 20, 2014 | recommitted to rules |
Jan 23, 2014 | advanced to third reading |
Jan 22, 2014 | 2nd report cal. |
Jan 14, 2014 | 1st report cal.30 |
Jan 09, 2014 | committee discharged and committed to education |
Jan 08, 2014 | referred to rules |
Dec 11, 2013 | referred to rules |
senate Bill S6009
Sponsored By
John J. Flanagan
(R, C, IP) 0 Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor Calendar
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Delivered to Governor
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Co-Sponsors
Michael H. Ranzenhofer
(R, C, IP) 0 Senate District
Tony Avella
(D) 0 Senate District
Phil Boyle
(R) 0 Senate District
John A. DeFrancisco
(R, C, IP) 0 Senate District
S6009 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A8356
- Current Committee:
- Senate Rules
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add Art 7-B ยงยง349-a - 349-c, Ed L
- Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
-
S2697
S6009 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S6009 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to truth in testing for the common core PURPOSE: The purpose of this bill is to ensure that new common core mandated state assessments are fair, unbiased, grade level appropriate and administered properly. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1: Section 1 amends the education law by adding a new article 7-B. -Section 349-a of the bill provides the definitions to be used in this act. -Section 349-b directs the commissioner to submit by July 1, 2014 a report to the executive and legislative branches regarding common core administered state tests, the appropriateness of the tests, the correlation between test scores and GPA, a statistical analysis of student performance, the effectiveness of the vendor used to administer the state tests, and whether that vendor should continue to be used, if another vendor should be used, or if New York should adopt
S6009 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6009 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E December 11, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sen. FLANAGAN -- 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 truth in testing for the common core 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 article 7-B to read as follows: ARTICLE 7-B TRUTH IN TESTING FOR THE COMMON CORE SECTION 349-A. DEFINITIONS. 349-B REPORTING. 349-C INDEPENDENT AUDIT. S 349-A. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS ARTICLE: 1. "TEST" OR "COMMON CORE STATE TEST" MEANS ANY STATE CREATED, DEVEL- OPED OR ADMINISTERED TEST GIVEN IN NEW YORK STATE TO STUDENTS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND MATHEMATICS THAT TEST STUDENTS' KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS RELATING TO COMMON CORE STANDARDS. 2. "COMMON CORE" MEANS THE NEW YORK STATE P-12 COMMON CORE LEARNING STANDARDS (CCLS) FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND MATHEMATICS ON WHICH NEW YORK STATE COMMON CORE TESTS WILL BE BASED. 3. "COMMISSIONER" MEANS THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 4. "TEST SUBJECT" MEANS ANY INDIVIDUAL TO WHOM A TEST IS ADMINISTERED. 5. "TEST AGENCY" MEANS AN ORGANIZATION, ASSOCIATION, CORPORATION, PARTNERSHIP OR INDIVIDUAL THAT DEVELOPS, SPONSORS OR ADMINISTERS A TEST; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE DEPARTMENT SHALL NOT BE INCLUDED WITHIN THE DEFINITION OF A TEST AGENCY FOR PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE. S 349-B. REPORTING. THE COMMISSIONER, BEGINNING JULY FIRST, TWO THOU- SAND FOURTEEN AND ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, SHALL REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR, THE EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13261-01-3
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