Assembly Bill A1814

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to creating the career and practical education pathway to a high school diploma

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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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2019-A1814 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §817, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A10511
2017-2018: A7158
2021-2022: A5258

2019-A1814 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to creating the career and practical education pathway to a high school diploma.

2019-A1814 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1814
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Education
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the education law, in relation to creating the career
   and practical education pathway to a high school diploma
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 817 to
 read as follows:
   §  817. CAREER AND PRACTICAL EDUCATION PATHWAY TO A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLO-
 MA. 1. A. A CAREER AND PRACTICAL  EDUCATION  (CPE)  PATHWAY  TO  A  HIGH
 SCHOOL  DIPLOMA  IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED. A CPE PATHWAY TO A DIPLOMA, MADE
 AVAILABLE BY A SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL:
   (I) RESULT IN A GENERAL DIPLOMA;
   (II) DIFFER FROM THE TRADITIONAL REQUIREMENTS  TO  A  GENERAL  DIPLOMA
 WITH  RESPECT  TO  REQUIRED ASSESSMENTS, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE REQUIRED BY
 FEDERAL LAW; AND
   (III) BE MADE AVAILABLE TO ALL STUDENTS, INCLUDING STUDENTS WITH DISA-
 BILITIES AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS.
   B. A CPE PATHWAY TO A DIPLOMA SHALL BE BASED  ON  A  COURSE  OF  STUDY
 DESIGNED  TO  PROVIDE  STUDENTS  WITH PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS AND
 SHALL DEMONSTRATE THAT THE STUDENT IS READY FOR A CAREER  AS  DETERMINED
 BY REGULATIONS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS. A CPE PATHWAY TO A DIPLOMA SHALL
 INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   (I) COMPLETION OF A CPE COURSE OF STUDY;
   (II) COMPLETION OF SCHOOL GIVEN FINAL EXAMS;
   (III) COMPLETION OF WORK-BASED LEARNING EXPERIENCES AS PROVIDED BY THE
 STATE APPROVED PROGRAM; AND
   (IV) COMPLETION OF A WORK-SKILLS EMPLOYABILITY PROFILE.
   C.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SECTION, A CAREER AND PRACTICAL EDUCATION
 SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, A COURSE OF STUDY IN THE FOLLOWING
 CAREER FIELDS: AGRICULTURE EDUCATION, BUSINESS AND MARKETING  EDUCATION,

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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