S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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10189
I N A S S E M B L Y
March 16, 2018
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Introduced by M. of A. WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to mandatory student
enrollment reporting
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 319 to
read as follows:
§ 319. MANDATORY STUDENT ENROLLMENT REPORTING. 1. ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS
LOCATED WITHIN THE STATE, REGARDLESS OF LEVEL, SHALL REPORT THE NUMBER
OF STUDENTS ENROLLED IN SUCH SCHOOL TO THE DEPARTMENT TRIENNIALLY, ON
OCTOBER THIRTY-FIRST, JANUARY THIRTY-FIRST, AND APRIL THIRTIETH OF EACH
YEAR.
2. EACH REPORT SHALL BE ACCOMPANIED WITH SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION OF
SUCH ENROLLMENT. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL
DETERMINE WHAT SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION IS NECESSARY.
3. EACH REPORT SHALL BE PUBLISHED AND PUBLICLY SHARED ON THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT'S WEBSITE WITHIN ONE WEEK OF SUBMISSION TO THE DEPARTMENT.
4. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "ENROLLMENT" SHALL MEAN THE UNDUPLI-
CATED COUNT OF ALL CHILDREN REGISTERED TO RECEIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
IN GRADES KINDERGARTEN THROUGH TWELVE, INCLUDING CHILDREN IN UNGRADED
PROGRAMS.
§ 2. Section 2854 of the education law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 4 to read as follows:
4. MANDATORY STUDENT ENROLLMENT REPORTING. (A) ALL CHARTER SCHOOLS
LOCATED WITHIN THE STATE SHALL REPORT THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS ENROLLED TO
THE DEPARTMENT TRIENNIALLY, ON OCTOBER THIRTY-FIRST, JANUARY THIRTY-
FIRST, AND APRIL THIRTIETH OF EACH YEAR.
(B) EACH REPORT SHALL BE ACCOMPANIED WITH SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION OF
SUCH ENROLLMENT. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL
DETERMINE WHAT SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION IS NECESSARY.
(C) EACH REPORT SHALL BE PUBLISHED AND PUBLICLY SHARED ON THE CHARTER
SCHOOL'S WEBSITE WITHIN ONE WEEK OF SUBMISSION TO THE DEPARTMENT.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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(D) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "ENROLLMENT" SHALL MEAN THE
UNDUPLICATED COUNT OF ALL CHILDREN REGISTERED TO RECEIVE EDUCATIONAL
SERVICES IN GRADES KINDERGARTEN THROUGH TWELVE, INCLUDING CHILDREN IN
UNGRADED PROGRAMS.
§ 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law.