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Assembly Bill A1290

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to administration of language assessment instruments to students receiving a program of bilingual education or English as a second language

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2017-A1290 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4186
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3204, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A9181, S6381
2013-2014: A3662, A8686, S419
2015-2016: A193, S1021
2019-2020: A2269, S3342
2021-2022: S4397
2023-2024: S4572

2017-A1290 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to administration of language assessment instruments to students receiving a program of bilingual education or English as a second language.

2017-A1290 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1290
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. ROZIC, COLTON, CRESPO, WEPRIN -- Multi-Sponsored
   by -- M. of A.   ARROYO, MOSLEY --  read  once  and  referred  to  the
   Committee on Education
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education law, in relation to administration of
   language assessment instruments to students  receiving  a  program  of
   bilingual education or English as a second language
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph 3 of subdivision  2-a  of  section  3204  of  the
 education  law,  as added by chapter 827 of the laws of 1982, is amended
 to read as follows:
   3. Eligibility for such programs  shall  be  based  on  the  following
 criteria.  A  pupil  who by reason of foreign birth or ancestry speaks a
 language other than English, and either understands and speaks little or
 no English, or who has been identified by any English  language  assess-
 ment  instrument  approved  by  the  commissioner  as a pupil of limited
 English proficiency, shall receive a program of bilingual  education  or
 English as a second language in accordance with standards established by
 the  commissioner.  [A] SUCH pupil's proficiency in the English language
 shall be measured [annually] by [such] A language assessment  instrument
 AFTER THE PUPIL HAS BEEN ENROLLED IN A PROGRAM OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION OR
 ENGLISH  AS  A  SECOND LANGUAGE FOR A PERIOD OF THREE CONSECUTIVE SCHOOL
 YEARS AND ANNUALLY THEREAFTER in  order  to  determine  further  partic-
 ipation  in  bilingual education or English as a second language program
 in accordance with standards established by the commissioner, subject to
 the provisions of subdivision two of this section. The parent or guardi-
 an of a pupil designated as limited English proficient shall be informed
 by the local school authorities of the pupil's placement in an  instruc-
 tional program.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00414-01-7

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