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Assembly Bill A891

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Provides for a moratorium on standardized testing of students with IEPs

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2017-A891 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §348, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
A7177

2017-A891 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for a moratorium on standardized testing of students with IEPs; authorizes the creation of a task force to develop a new evaluation system for such students, and a corresponding method for providing their teachers with their annual professional performance reviews.

2017-A891 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    891
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER, JAFFEE, ARROYO, RAIA, MONTESANO, CROUCH
   -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.  COOK,  THIELE  --  read  once  and
   referred to the Committee on Education
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the education law, in relation to a moratorium on the
   issuance of standardized tests to certain students; and to establish a
   task force to develop a system allowing students  with  individualized
   education programs to be evaluated
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 348 of the education law is renumbered section  349
 and a new section 348 is added to read as follows:
   §  348.  MORATORIUM  ON  STANDARDIZED TESTING OF CERTAIN STUDENTS. THE
 DEPARTMENT SHALL ENSURE THAT ANY TEST  ESTABLISHED  AND/OR  ADMINISTERED
 PURSUANT  TO  THIS ARTICLE SHALL NOT BE GIVEN TO ANY STUDENT FOR WHOM AN
 INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PROGRAM HAS BEEN CREATED.
   § 2. 1.  The department of education shall establish a task  force  to
 develop  a  system  to  evaluate  students with individualized education
 programs and their respective teachers  with  regard  to  the  teacher's
 annual professional performance review.
   2.  The task force shall consist of thirteen members, one nominated by
 each member of the board of regents,  except  at-large  members.    Each
 nominee  shall  be  a  teacher who is certified in special education and
 shall reside in the district represented by the member of the  board  of
 regents who nominated him or her.
   3. All nominations shall be confirmed by a majority vote of the entire
 board of regents.
   4.  The  task  force  shall submit its recommendation of an evaluation
 system to the governor, the temporary president of the senate,  and  the
 speaker  of the assembly, within 12 months of the effective date of this
 section.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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

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