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Mar 16, 2018 | referred to education |
senate Bill S7983
Sponsored By
Jamaal T. Bailey
(D) 36th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor Calendar
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed/Vetoed by Governor
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Sponsor's Position
All students entering high school should have access to the Discovery Program.
Jamaal T. Bailey
(D) 36th Senate District
Co-Sponsors
Toby Ann Stavisky
(D) 11th Senate District
Jesse Hamilton
(D) 0 Senate District
Brian Kavanagh
(D) 27th Senate District
S7983 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §2590-h, Ed L
S7983 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7983 SPONSOR: BAILEY TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to expanding the discov- ery program to all of New York City's specialized high schools PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To ensure that all students entering high school have an opportunity to participate in the discovery program to gain access to specialized high schools in the city of New York. SUMMARY OF MAIN PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends paragraph b of subdivision 1 of section 2590-h of the education law, as amended by chapter 345 of the laws of 2009 to include the current roster of all specialized high schools as well as require that the schools maintain a discovery program.
S7983 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7983 I N S E N A T E March 16, 2018 ___________ Introduced by Sens. BAILEY, STAVISKY -- 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 expanding the discov- ery program to all of New York City's specialized high schools THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 2590-h of the education law, as amended by chapter 345 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows: (b) all specialized senior high schools. The special high schools shall include the present schools known as: The Bronx High School of Science, Stuyvesant High School, Brooklyn Technical High School, Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music and the Arts in the borough of Manhattan, THE BROOKLYN LATIN SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL FOR MATHEMATICS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING AT THE CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK, HIGH SCHOOL OF AMERICAN STUDIES AT LEHMAN COLLEGE, QUEENS HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES AT YORK COLLEGE, STATEN ISLAND TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL, and such further schools which the city board may designate from time to time. The special schools shall [be permitted to] maintain a discovery program in accordance with the law in effect on the date preceding the effective date of this section; admissions to the special schools shall be conducted in accordance with the law in effect on the date preceding the effective date of this section; § 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 2590-h of the education law, as amended by chapter 720 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows: (b) all specialized senior high schools. The special high schools shall include the present schools known as: The Bronx High School of Science, Stuyvesant High School, Brooklyn Technical High School, Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music and the Arts in the borough of Manhattan, THE BROOKLYN LATIN SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL FOR MATHEMATICS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING AT THE CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK, HIGH SCHOOL OF AMERICAN STUDIES AT LEHMAN COLLEGE, QUEENS HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES AT YORK COLLEGE, STATEN ISLAND TECHNICAL HIGH EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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