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Assembly Bill A4604

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to improving educational outcomes for homeless students

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2015-A4604 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5036
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง3209, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A7923, S2106
2019-2020: A3909, S349
2021-2022: A2400
2023-2024: A4338

2015-A4604 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to improving educational outcomes for homeless students.

2015-A4604 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4604

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 4, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. CLARK -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to improving  educational
  outcomes for homeless students

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section  3209  of  the  education  law  is
renumbered  subdivision  9 and two new subdivisions 7 and 8 are added to
read as follows:
  7. A. BY JANUARY THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN, AND EVERY  ODD-
NUMBERED  YEAR THEREAFTER, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL SUBMIT TO THE GOVERNOR
AND THE LEGISLATURE A REPORT INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
  (1) THE NUMBER OF IDENTIFIED  HOMELESS  STUDENTS  ENROLLED  IN  PUBLIC
SCHOOLS;
  (2)  THE  ACADEMIC  PERFORMANCE  AND  EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES OF HOMELESS
STUDENTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING:
  (I) STUDENT SCORES ON THE STATEWIDE ADMINISTERED ACADEMIC ASSESSMENTS;
  (II) ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY;
  (III) DROPOUT RATES;
  (IV) FOUR-YEAR ADJUSTED COHORT GRADUATION RATE;
  (V) FIVE-YEAR ADJUSTED COHORT GRADUATION RATE;
  (VI) ABSENTEEISM RATES;
  (VII) TRUANCY RATES, IF AVAILABLE; AND
  (VIII) SUSPENSION AND EXPULSION DATA.
  B. THE DATA REPORTED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH A OF THIS SUBDIVISION  MUST
INCLUDE  STATE  AND DISTRICT-LEVEL INFORMATION AND MUST BE DISAGGREGATED
BY AT LEAST THE FOLLOWING SUBGROUPS OF STUDENTS: WHITE, BLACK, HISPANIC,
AMERICAN INDIAN/ALASKAN NATIVE, ASIAN, PACIFIC ISLANDER/HAWAIIAN NATIVE,
LOW INCOME, TRANSITIONAL  BILINGUAL,  MIGRANT,  SPECIAL  EDUCATION,  AND
GENDER.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08572-01-5

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