NY State Senate Bill 2017-S1221

Senate Bill S1221

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires the commissioner of education to study the educational model at The Eagle Academy and develop an educational program to be utilized by certain schools

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2017-S1221 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §305, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: S5285
2019-2020: S493
2021-2022: S3044

2017-S1221 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the commissioner of education to study the educational model at The Eagle Academy and develop an educational program to be utilized by certain schools.

2017-S1221 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S1221

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the education law, in relation to
requiring a study of the educational model at The Eagle Academy and
developing an education program to be utilized by certain schools

 PURPOSE: :

To evaluate the education model at the Eagle Academy and to use those
findings as a basis for improving certain public schools in New York.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: :

Section 1 establishes that the commissioner conduct a study evaluating
the Eagle Academy's curriculum, educational model, and its approach to
professional development. These findings should then be used to create
a new education program to be distributed to New York public schools
whose student body is predominately made up of students from
historically marginalized groups.

 JUSTIFICATION: :

When we assess the challenges of African American and Latino young
boys in our city and state, we determine that Education is the
critical foundation to help create a pathway to success. The Eagle
Academy for Young Men is a system of six schools and is helping to lay

that critical foundation. The Academy, which is open to grades six
through 12, was created in 2004 by the One Hundred Black Men of
America. The schools are strategically placed in high-crime areas in
all five boroughs of New York City, and in Newark, New Jersey. The
Eagle Academy has achieved incomparable success in educating and
graduating young boys of color. The average number of Black and Latino
boys to graduate high school in New York City is 50 percent.  At Eagle
Academy, that rate is 78 percent, with 100 percent of its students
being accepted into colleges. At The Eagle Academy's Bronx school,
every student's day begins with breakfast and a town hall meeting
where students get to discuss with administrator's school
announcements and any issues they are experiencing. Given its
remarkable success, it is a model that should be researched to
determine how to scale out a similar system across our state to
empower our young men of color. If successfully implemented, s uch a
model would not only cause more kids to attend school, but would
increase the rate at which they graduate and move onto prosperous
lives.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: :

2015-2016: S5285A

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: :

To be determined.

 EFFECTIVE DATE: :

This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have
become a law.

2017-S1221 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1221
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 6, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  RIVERA -- 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 requiring a  study  of
   the educational model at The Eagle Academy and developing an education
   program to be utilized by certain schools

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 56 to read as follows:
   56. A. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL UNDERTAKE A STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EDUCA-
 TIONAL MODEL AT THE EAGLE ACADEMY LOCATED IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, WHICH
 WILL INCLUDE AN ANALYSIS OF THE ACADEMY'S  CURRICULUM  AND  APPROACH  TO
 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
   B. THE COMMISSIONER'S STUDY SHALL IDENTIFY THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
   (I)  THE  LESSONS,  ACADEMIC CONTENT, AND SPECIFIC COURSES OR PROGRAMS
 OFFERED AT THE ACADEMY;
   (II) THE AREAS OF THE ACADEMY'S EDUCATIONAL MODEL CONTRIBUTING MOST TO
 THE SUCCESS OR FAILURE OF STUDENTS; AND
   (III) THE TRAINING, CONTENT KNOWLEDGE AND INSTRUCTIVE SKILLS OF TEACH-
 ERS AT THE ACADEMY.
   C. THE STUDY REQUIRED PURSUANT TO  PARAGRAPH  A  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION
 SHALL  RESULT  IN  A  REPORT, WHICH SHALL DETAIL A NEW EDUCATION PROGRAM
 BASED ON THE ACADEMY'S CURRICULUM AND APPROACH TO PROFESSIONAL  DEVELOP-
 MENT.  THE  REPORT SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE
 STATE WHOSE MINORITY AND LOW-INCOME STUDENTS CONSTITUTE THE MAJORITY  OF
 THE  STUDENT  BODY.  FOR  THE PURPOSE OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "MINORITY AND
 LOW-INCOME STUDENTS" SHALL MEAN STUDENTS  FROM  GROUPS  THAT  HAVE  BEEN
 HISTORICALLY  MARGINALIZED. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ENCOURAGE SUCH PUBLIC
 SCHOOLS TO ADOPT THE NEW EDUCATION PROGRAM.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD02119-01-7

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