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Senate Bill S1447

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to creating advanced placement coursework opportunities

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2017-S1447 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §305, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S7754
2015-2016: S3130

2017-S1447 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to creating advanced placement coursework opportunities.

2017-S1447 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S1447 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1447
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 9, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. FUNKE, CARLUCCI, FELDER, ORTT, RANZENHOFER -- 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 creating advanced
   placement coursework opportunities

   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 two
 new subdivisions 56 and 57 to read as follows:
   56. (A) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DEVELOP A GRANT PROGRAM TO ASSIST LOCAL
 SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN AN EFFORT TO EITHER  ESTABLISH  OR  EXPAND  ADVANCED
 PLACEMENT  PROGRAMS.  SCHOOLS  WHICH  CURRENTLY  OFFER  FEWER  THAN FOUR
 ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSES AND HAVE AN UNMET ADVANCED  PLACEMENT  POTEN-
 TIAL  SHALL  BE  GIVEN  PREFERENCE  FOR  SUCH  FUNDING. FUNDING FOR SUCH
 ASSISTANCE SHALL INCLUDE: RECOGNIZED  TRAINING  THAT  PROVIDES  TEACHERS
 WITH THE NECESSARY CONTENT KNOWLEDGE AND INSTRUCTIONAL SKILLS TO PREPARE
 STUDENTS  FOR  SUCCESS  IN  ADVANCED  PLACEMENT  COURSES AND ON ADVANCED
 PLACEMENT EXAMINATIONS, AND COURSE START-UP  COSTS  SUCH  AS  CURRICULUM
 MATERIALS,  NECESSARY  LABORATORY EQUIPMENT AND OTHER MATERIALS REQUIRED
 FOR THE OFFERING OF SUCH COURSES. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL  DEVELOP  ADDI-
 TIONAL  GRANT-ELIGIBILITY  CRITERIA  AND  SHALL  AWARD FUNDS TO APPLYING
 SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACCORDINGLY.
   (B) THE LEGISLATURE SHALL APPROPRIATE STATE MONIES AS MAY BE NECESSARY
 TO IMPLEMENT SUCH PROGRAM IN ACCORDANCE  WITH  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS
 SUBDIVISION.
   57. (A) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DEVELOP A MECHANISM TO FUND, FOR FINAN-
 CIALLY ELIGIBLE STUDENTS, THE PORTION OF THE ADVANCED PLACEMENT EXAM FEE
 THAT  IS  NOT CURRENTLY FUNDED BY THE FEDERAL ADVANCE PLACEMENT TEST FEE
 PROGRAM, THE COLLEGE BOARD TEST FEE WAIVER AND THE SCHOOL TEST  PROCESS-
 ING FEE WAIVER.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04181-01-7

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