Senate Bill S1884

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing the Beacon School Pilot Program in New York city schools

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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-S1884 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6817
Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S5443
2017-2018: S3472, A803
2019-2020: S4779, A1461
2021-2022: S5053, A5538
2023-2024: S6390, A3962

2015-S1884 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to establishing the Beacon School Pilot Program in New York city schools.

2015-S1884 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S1884 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  1884

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 15, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Education

AN ACT in relation to establishing the Beacon School  Pilot  Program  in
  New York city schools

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
the "New York City Beacon School Act".
  S 2. Legislative findings. Gun violence and gang activity has become a
severe  issue in the United States as a whole, specifically in New York,
Los Angeles, Detroit, and Chicago.  In  most  cases,  youth  join  gangs
because  they  feel  they  need  protection,  they  want to be accepted,
respected or all of the above. Through various youth development  initi-
atives  and  programs  we can create an environment that will meet these
needs for young people in urban communities and thus reduce gang and gun
violence. Beacon offers New York city youth with a place to grow through
challenging activities, caring relationships, and  opportunities.    The
youth  development  quality  of the Beacon environment results in higher
self-esteem among youth, increased leadership skills, and higher  expec-
tations  by staff and youth for behavior and performance. Beacon reduces
the likelihood of students to cut classes, bullying,  and  other  crimes
against persons or property. Beacon also provides important services and
activities  for  neighborhood adults including sports, physical fitness,
basic  education,  English-language  instruction,  GED  preparation  and
computer  instruction.  Beacon creates cohesion between youths, parents,
community organizations and businesses, engaging  the  community  in  an
effort to reduce gang and gun violence.
  S 3. Purpose. The purpose of this act is to provide all public elemen-
tary and secondary schools located in New York city the structure, flex-
ibility  and  support necessary to operate under the Beacon school model
to:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06668-01-5
              

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