| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 06, 2016 |
referred to education |
| Jan 14, 2015 |
referred to education |
Senate Bill S1791
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D) 14th Senate District
(D, WF) 28th Senate District
(D) 19th Senate District
2015-S1791 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-S1791 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S1791
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to
credits for educational achievement in office of children and family
services facilities
PURPOSE OF BILL:
To provide for the transfer of coursework credits from OCFS operated
educational programs to local schools.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section one adds a new subdivision 1-a to Education Law § 112 to state
that credits awarded by educational programs in facilities operated by
OCFS shall be accepted as transfer credits by any school within New
York State. Section two provides for an immediate effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
OCFS operates schools for the youth who are placed in their care. The
children who dedicate themselves to obtaining an education from these
facilities are often consolidated because the local school district
they are assigned to after they leave OCFS custody will very often
refuse to accept the educational credits they earned from the OCFS
facility. Currently, principals of hundreds of local schools are asked
2015-S1791 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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1791
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 14, 2015
___________
Introduced by Sen. MONTGOMERY -- read twice and ordered printed, and
when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to credits for educa-
tional achievement in office of children and family services facili-
ties
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 112 of the education law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
1-A. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, CRED-
ITS AWARDED BY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS PROVIDED BY FACILITIES OPERATED BY
THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES SHALL BE ACCEPTED AS TRANSFER
CREDITS BY ANY SCHOOL WITHIN NEW YORK STATE.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02294-01-5
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