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Assembly Bill A9579

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to creating the career and practical education pathway to a high school diploma

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2015-A9579 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง817, Ed L

2015-A9579 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to creating the career and practical education pathway to a high school diploma.

2015-A9579 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  9579

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 21, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. KAMINSKY -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Education

AN  ACT  to  amend the education law, in relation to creating the career
  and practical education pathway to a high school diploma

  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 817 to
read as follows:
  S  817. CAREER AND PRACTICAL EDUCATION PATHWAY TO A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLO-
MA. 1. A. A CAREER AND PRACTICAL  EDUCATION  (CPE)  PATHWAY  TO  A  HIGH
SCHOOL  DIPLOMA  IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED. A CPE PATHWAY TO A DIPLOMA, MADE
AVAILABLE BY A SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL:
  (I) RESULT IN A GENERAL DIPLOMA;
  (II) DIFFER FROM THE TRADITIONAL REQUIREMENTS  TO  A  GENERAL  DIPLOMA
WITH  RESPECT  TO  REQUIRED ASSESSMENTS, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE REQUIRED BY
FEDERAL LAW; AND
  (III) BE MADE AVAILABLE TO ALL STUDENTS, INCLUDING STUDENTS WITH DISA-
BILITIES AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS.
  B. A CPE PATHWAY TO A DIPLOMA SHALL BE BASED  ON  A  COURSE  OF  STUDY
DESIGNED  TO  PROVIDE  STUDENTS  WITH PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS AND
SHALL DEMONSTRATE THAT THE STUDENT IS READY FOR A CAREER  AS  DETERMINED
BY REGULATIONS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS. A CPE PATHWAY TO A DIPLOMA SHALL
INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
  (I) COMPLETION OF A CPE COURSE OF STUDY;
  (II) COMPLETION OF SCHOOL GIVEN FINAL EXAMS;
  (III) COMPLETION OF WORK-BASED LEARNING EXPERIENCES AS PROVIDED BY THE
STATE APPROVED PROGRAM; AND
  (IV) COMPLETION OF A WORK-SKILLS EMPLOYABILITY PROFILE.
  C.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SECTION, A CAREER AND PRACTICAL EDUCATION
SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, A COURSE OF STUDY IN THE FOLLOWING
CAREER FIELDS: AGRICULTURE EDUCATION, BUSINESS AND MARKETING  EDUCATION,
FAMILY  AND  CONSUMER  SCIENCES EDUCATION, HEALTH OCCUPATIONS EDUCATION,
TECHNICAL EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION, PRACTICAL ARTS EDUCATION  AND
TRADE AND INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION.

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

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