Senate Bill S1428

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Establishes report on arts and music education in elementary and secondary schools to study and make recommendations on the curriculum and time spent on arts and music education

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-S1428 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6075
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S7242, A8763
2015-2016: S1148, A3525
2019-2020: A3134
2021-2022: A1366

2017-S1428 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes report on arts and music education in elementary and secondary schools to study and make recommendations on the curriculum and time spent on arts and music education.

2017-S1428 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S1428 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1428
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 9, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. AVELLA, SERRANO -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to establish a report on arts and music education  in  elementary
   and secondary schools; and providing for the repeal of such provisions
   upon expiration thereof

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. 1. The commissioner of education shall: (a) create a proce-
 dure in which school district compliance with current arts education and
 instruction requirements including visual arts, music, dance  and  thea-
 tre,  hereinafter  referred  to  in this act as "arts education instruc-
 tion", as required by law and regulation  in  elementary  and  secondary
 public  schools  is reported to the state education department by school
 districts for the purposes of  preparing  the  report  provided  for  by
 subdivision  two of this section; and (b) provide suggestions on how the
 current arts education instruction requirements  could  be  improved  or
 enhanced.
   2.  The  state  education  department shall prepare a report that must
 include, but not be limited to, the following:
   (a) how  the  state  standards,  including  statutory  and  regulatory
 requirements, for arts education instruction could be revised or altered
 to  better  promote  education and appreciation of the arts and music in
 elementary and secondary schools;
   (b) how  the  state  standards,  including  statutory  and  regulatory
 requirements, for arts education instruction could be revised or altered
 to  increase the time devoted to providing instruction and education for
 such arts;
   (c) i. the impacts that arts education instruction  has  on  enhancing
 pupil academic performance;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00955-01-7

              

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