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Senate Bill S967

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires the notification in writing of discharge or transfer of minors from attendance upon instruction and the reporting of such data to the legislature

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2015-S967 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง3211, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S1291
2011-2012: S997
2013-2014: S1396

2015-S967 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the notification in writing of discharge or transfer of minors from attendance upon instruction and the reporting of such data to the legislature; the notification shall include a breakdown of all discharges and dropouts of students under 21, reasons therefor, demographics and racial breakdown of all discharged students, the number of students enrolled in GED programs, the number of special education students discharged, the number of English language learner students who have been discharged and what support services were offered before discharge.

2015-S967 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S967 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   967

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             January 7, 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  notification  of
  discharge from attendance upon instruction

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section  3211  of  the  education  law  is
amended and a new subdivision 5 is added to read as follows:
  4.  Duties  of  principal  or person in charge of the instruction of a
minor. The principal of a school, or  other  person  in  charge  of  the
instruction upon which a minor attends, as provided by THIS part [one of
this  article],  shall  cause  the record of his OR HER attendance to be
kept and produced and all  appropriate  inquiries  in  relation  thereto
answered as hereinbefore required. He OR SHE shall give prompt notifica-
tion in writing to the school authorities of the city or district of the
discharge  or  transfer  of any such minor from attendance upon instruc-
tion, stating the date of the discharge, its  cause,  the  name  of  the
minor,  his OR HER date of birth, his OR HER place of residence prior to
and following discharge, if such place of residence be  known,  and  the
name  of the person in parental relation to the minor, A CLEAR BREAKDOWN
OF ALL DISCHARGES AND DROPOUTS FOR STUDENTS AGED TWENTY-ONE  AND  UNDER,
AND  THE REASONS THEY ARE NO LONGER IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM, A DEMO-
GRAPHIC AND RACIAL BREAKDOWN OF ALL DISCHARGED STUDENTS, THE  NUMBER  OF
STUDENTS  UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE WHO ARE SEEKING OR ENROLLED IN GED
PROGRAMS, THE NUMBER OF DISCHARGED STUDENTS AND THEIR EDUCATIONAL STATUS
PRIOR TO BEING DISCHARGED, THE NUMBER OF ALL SPECIAL EDUCATION  STUDENTS
WHO  WERE  DISCHARGED,  THE  NUMBER  OF  ENGLISH  LANGUAGE LEARNER (ELL)
STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED, AND WHAT  SUPPORT  OR  SERVICES  WERE
OFFERED TO THE STUDENT BEFORE DISCHARGE.
  5.  COLLECTION  OF  DATA. ANY DATA COLLECTED SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE
DEPARTMENT WITHIN NINETY DAYS OF  THE  END  OF  EACH  SCHOOL  YEAR.  THE

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02775-01-5

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