Senate Bill S2091

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Enacts the common core parental refusal act

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee


  • 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-S2091 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7084
Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §305, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
S4161, A6025

2017-S2091 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the common core parental refusal act.

2017-S2091 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S2091 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2091
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 12, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  MURPHY,  TEDISCO, CROCI, FUNKE, GALLIVAN, GRIFFO,
   MARCHIONE -- 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 enacting the "common
   core parental refusal act"

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Short title.  This act shall be known and may be cited as
 the "common core parental refusal act".
   § 2. Section 305 of the education law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 51-b to read as follows:
   51-B.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  ENSURE  THAT  SCHOOL DISTRICTS NOTIFY
 PARENTS OF STUDENTS IN GRADES  THREE  THROUGH  EIGHT,  EITHER  BY  EMAIL
 AND/OR  A MAILED LETTER, THAT SUCH STUDENTS MAY REFUSE TO PARTICIPATE IN
 ALL STATE TESTING PROVIDED BY PEARSON OR ANY OTHER STATE  TESTING  BASED
 ON  COMMON  CORE  STANDARDS.  SUCH NOTIFICATION SHALL BE GIVEN NO SOONER
 THAN FOURTEEN DAYS AND NO LATER THAN SEVEN DAYS PRIOR TO  THE  SCHEDULED
 ADMINISTRATION  OF  SUCH  TESTING.    SUCH  NOTIFICATION  SHALL  READ AS
 FOLLOWS:
   "IT IS THE RIGHT OF EVERY PARENT TO DIRECT THE UPBRINGING  AND  EDUCA-
 TION  OF  THEIR CHILDREN. PARENTS MAY REFUSE TO PERMIT THEIR CHILDREN TO
 TAKE STATE TESTING PROVIDED BY PEARSON OR ANY OTHER STATE TESTING  BASED
 ON COMMON CORE STANDARDS. PARENTS WHO REFUSE TO PERMIT THEIR CHILDREN TO
 TAKE  SUCH  TESTS MAY FILL OUT AND RETURN THE ATTACHED FORM. NO PUNITIVE
 MEASURES MAY BE TAKEN AGAINST STUDENTS WHO REFUSE TO PARTICIPATE IN SUCH
 TESTING, NOR SHALL STUDENTS WHO DO PARTICIPATE IN SUCH  TESTING  RECEIVE
 ANY INCENTIVE OR REWARD FOR DOING SO."
   THE  TEXT  OF  SUCH  NOTIFICATION  SHALL  BE POSTED ON SCHOOL DISTRICT
 WEBSITES.
   THE RESPONSE FORM, WHICH SHALL BE CONTAINED WITHIN  THE  NOTIFICATION,
 SHALL READ AS FOLLOWS:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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