Senate Bill S8503

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to admission to a special high school in the city of New York

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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-S8503 - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§2590-g & 2590-h, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S6589
2013-2014: S1827
2015-2016: S1787
2019-2020: S1415
2021-2022: S3037
2023-2024: S5765

2017-S8503 - Summary

Relates to admission to a special high school in the city of New York.

2017-S8503 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S8503 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8503
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 9, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- 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 admission to a special
   high school in the city school district in a city having a  population
   of one million or more
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 2590-g of the  education  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  345  of  the  laws  of 2009, is amended to read as
 follows:
   4. subject to the provisions of section twenty-five  hundred  ninety-i
 of  this  article, maintain such jurisdiction over city-wide educational
 policies governing the special, academic,  vocational,  and  other  high
 schools  authorized  by  this article [before the effective date of this
 section] as the respective community district education  councils  main-
 tain  over  the  schools  within  their jurisdiction, which shall not be
 construed to require or authorize  the  day-to-day  supervision  or  the
 administration  of  the  operations of such schools.  PROVIDED, FURTHER,
 THE CITY BOARD SHALL ESTABLISH PROCEDURES AND STANDARDS FOR ADMISSION TO
 THE SPECIAL HIGH SCHOOLS OF THE CITY DISTRICT, WHICH  SHALL  CONSIST  OF
 MULTIPLE MEASURES OF STUDENT MERIT INCLUDING THE GRADE POINT AVERAGES OF
 APPLICANTS,  CULMINATED  STUDENT  PORTFOLIO, TEACHER RECOMMENDATIONS AND
 SUCH OTHER FACTORS AS THE CITY BOARD SHALL DETERMINE TO BE NECESSARY.
   § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 2590-g of the education law, as added by
 chapter 720 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
   4. subject to the provisions of section twenty-five  hundred  ninety-i
 of  this article, maintain such jurisdiction over policies governing the
 special, academic, vocational and other high schools authorized by  this
 article  [before  the  effective date of this section] as the respective
 community boards maintain over the schools  within  their  jurisdiction,
 which  shall  not  be  construed  to require or authorize the day-to-day
 supervision or the administration of the  operations  of  such  schools.
 PROVIDED,  FURTHER, THE CITY BOARD SHALL ESTABLISH PROCEDURES AND STAND-
 ARDS FOR ADMISSION TO THE SPECIAL HIGH SCHOOLS  OF  THE  CITY  DISTRICT,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

2017-S8503A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§2590-g & 2590-h, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S6589
2013-2014: S1827
2015-2016: S1787
2019-2020: S1415
2021-2022: S3037
2023-2024: S5765

2017-S8503A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to admission to a special high school in the city of New York.

2017-S8503A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S8503A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8503--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 9, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Education  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education  law, in relation to admission to the
   specialized high schools in the city of New York

   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]  SPECIALIZED
 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] & ART AND PERFORMING ARTS, and
 such [further] ADDITIONAL schools [which the city board  may  designate]
 AS  MAY BE DESIGNATED BY THE CHANCELLOR from time to time. The [special]
 SPECIALIZED HIGH 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; PROVIDED THAT  THE  REQUIREMENT  THAT  A
 STUDENT  WHO  IS  CONSIDERED FOR THE DISCOVERY PROGRAM ATTEND AND PASS A
 PREPARATORY PROGRAM ADMINISTERED BY THE SPECIALIZED HIGH SCHOOL,  DEMON-
 STRATING  THEREBY  HIS  OR  HER  ABILITY  TO  SUCCESSFULLY COPE WITH THE
 SPECIALIZED HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM, SHALL REFER TO A PROGRAM THAT CAN  TAKE
 PLACE  DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR OR THE SUMMER; admissions to the [special]
 SPECIALIZED HIGH schools shall be conducted in accordance with [the  law
 in  effect  on  the  date  preceding the effective date of this] section
 TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED NINETY-H-L OF THIS ARTICLE;
   § 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] SPECIALIZED
 high schools shall include the [present] schools known as[:]
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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