Assembly Bill A1532

2015-2016 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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  • 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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2015-A1532 (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
2011-2012: A2969
2013-2014: A5853

2015-A1532 (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.

2015-A1532 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1532

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 12, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. WRIGHT, COLTON -- 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 53
and a new subdivision 54 is added to read as follows:
  54. 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.
                                                           LBD05060-01-5

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