Assembly Bill A6025A

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Enacts the common core parental refusal act

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
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  • Delivered to Governor
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2015-A6025 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4161
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §305, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A7084, S2091

2015-A6025 - Summary

Enacts the common core parental refusal act.

2015-A6025 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6025

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 11, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  TEDISCO,  BARRON, BORELLI, BRABENEC, BUTLER,
  CROUCH, DiPIETRO, DUPREY, FRIEND, GOODELL, GRAF, HAWLEY, JOHNS,  KATZ,
  KEARNS, LALOR, LOPEZ, LUPINACCI, McDONOUGH, McLAUGHLIN, NOJAY, PALMES-
  ANO,  RA,  RAIA,  WALTER  --  Multi-Sponsored  by -- M. of A. BARCLAY,
  CERETTO, GARBARINO, LAWRENCE, MALLIOTAKIS, MURRAY, TENNEY -- read once
  and referred to the Committee on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to enacting  the  "common
  core parental refusal act"

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

  Section 1. This act shall be known and may be  cited  as  the  "common
core parental refusal act".
  S  2.  Section  305  of  the  education law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 51-a to read as follows:
  51-A. THE COMMISSIONER  SHALL  ENSURE  THAT  SCHOOL  DISTRICTS  NOTIFY
PARENTS  OF  STUDENTS  IN  GRADES  THREE  THROUGH EIGHT, EITHER BY EMAIL
AND/OR A MAILED LETTER, THAT SUCH STUDENTS MAY REFUSE TO PARTICIPATE  IN
ALL  STATE  TESTING PROVIDED BY PEARSON OR ANY OTHER STATE TESTING BASED
ON COMMON CORE STANDARDS. SUCH NOTIFICATION SHALL  BE  GIVEN  NO  SOONER
THAN  FOURTEEN  DAYS AND NO LATER THAN SEVEN DAYS PRIOR TO THE SCHEDULED
ADMINISTRATION OF  SUCH  TESTING.    SUCH  NOTIFICATION  SHALL  READ  AS
FOLLOWS:
  "IT  IS  THE RIGHT OF EVERY PARENT TO DIRECT THE UPBRINGING AND EDUCA-
TION OF THEIR CHILDREN. PARENTS MAY REFUSE TO PERMIT THEIR  CHILDREN  TO
TAKE  STATE TESTING PROVIDED BY PEARSON OR ANY OTHER STATE TESTING BASED
ON COMMON CORE STANDARDS. PARENTS WHO REFUSE TO PERMIT THEIR CHILDREN TO
TAKE SUCH TESTS MAY FILL OUT AND RETURN THE ATTACHED FORM.  NO  PUNITIVE
MEASURES MAY BE TAKEN AGAINST STUDENTS WHO REFUSE TO PARTICIPATE IN SUCH
TESTING,  NOR  SHALL STUDENTS WHO DO PARTICIPATE IN SUCH TESTING RECEIVE
ANY INCENTIVE OR REWARD FOR DOING SO."

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09318-05-5

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2015-A6025A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4161
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §305, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A7084, S2091

2015-A6025A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the common core parental refusal act.

2015-A6025A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 6025--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 11, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. TEDISCO, BARRON, BRABENEC, BUTLER, CROUCH, DiPIE-
  TRO,  DUPREY,  FRIEND,  GOODELL,  GRAF,  HAWLEY,  JOHNS, KATZ, KEARNS,
  LALOR, LOPEZ, LUPINACCI, McDONOUGH, McLAUGHLIN, NOJAY, PALMESANO,  RA,
  WALTER,  MURRAY,  PALUMBO,  CURRAN  --  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
  BARCLAY, BLANKENBUSH, CERETTO, GARBARINO, LAWRENCE, MALLIOTAKIS, SALA-
  DINO, STEC, TENNEY, THIELE, WOZNIAK -- read once and referred  to  the
  Committee on Education -- recommitted to the Committee on Education in
  accordance  with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
  amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
  tee

AN  ACT  to amend the education law, in relation to enacting the "common
  core parental refusal act"

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

  Section  1.  This  act  shall be known and may be cited as the "common
core parental refusal act".
  S 2. Section 305 of the education law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
subdivision 51-b to read as follows:
  51-B.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  ENSURE  THAT  SCHOOL DISTRICTS NOTIFY
PARENTS OF STUDENTS IN GRADES  THREE  THROUGH  EIGHT,  EITHER  BY  EMAIL
AND/OR  A MAILED LETTER, THAT SUCH STUDENTS MAY REFUSE TO PARTICIPATE IN
ALL STATE TESTING PROVIDED BY PEARSON OR ANY OTHER STATE  TESTING  BASED
ON  COMMON  CORE  STANDARDS.  SUCH NOTIFICATION SHALL BE GIVEN NO SOONER
THAN FOURTEEN DAYS AND NO LATER THAN SEVEN DAYS PRIOR TO  THE  SCHEDULED
ADMINISTRATION  OF  SUCH  TESTING.    SUCH  NOTIFICATION  SHALL  READ AS
FOLLOWS:
  "IT IS THE RIGHT OF EVERY PARENT TO DIRECT THE UPBRINGING  AND  EDUCA-
TION  OF  THEIR CHILDREN. PARENTS MAY REFUSE TO PERMIT THEIR CHILDREN TO
TAKE STATE TESTING PROVIDED BY PEARSON OR ANY OTHER STATE TESTING  BASED
ON COMMON CORE STANDARDS. PARENTS WHO REFUSE TO PERMIT THEIR CHILDREN TO
TAKE  SUCH  TESTS MAY FILL OUT AND RETURN THE ATTACHED FORM. NO PUNITIVE

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09318-07-6

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