NY State Senate Bill 2019-S4031

Senate Bill S4031

Signed By Governor

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing a commission for the educational advancement of multilingual learners in New York

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Dec 12, 2019	signed chap.635
Dec 06, 2019	delivered to governor
Jun 20, 2019	returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.563 substituted for a8211a
Jun 19, 2019	referred to ways and means
Jun 18, 2019	delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.1543 committee discharged and committed to rules
Jun 13, 2019	print number 4031b
Jun 13, 2019	amend and recommit to finance
Jun 03, 2019	print number 4031a
Jun 03, 2019	amend and recommit to finance
Feb 25, 2019	referred to finance

Votes

- Jun 18, 2019 - Floor Vote
  S4031
  
  58
  
  Aye
  
  4
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 18, 2019
      
      aye (58)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Amedore
      
      Antonacci
      
      Bailey
      
      Benjamin
      
      Biaggi
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brooks
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      Felder
      
      Flanagan
      
      Funke
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gaughran
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gounardes
      
      Griffo
      
      Harckham
      
      Helming
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Jacobs
      
      Jordan
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kaplan
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Lanza
      
      Liu
      
      Martinez
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Metzger
      
      Montgomery
      
      Myrie
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Thomas
      
      nay (4)
      
      Akshar
      
      LaValle
      
      Little
      
      Tedisco
  Jun 18, 2019 - Rules Committee Vote
  S4031
  
  16
  
  Aye
  
  1
  
  Nay
  
  2
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Rules Committee Vote: Jun 18, 2019
      
      aye (16)
      
      Benjamin
      
      Breslin
      
      Comrie
      
      Flanagan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Griffo
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Little
      
      Liu
      
      Martinez
      
      Parker
      
      Savino
      
      Seward
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      nay (1)
      
      LaValle
      
      aye wr (2)
      
      Lanza
      
      Robach

Bill Amendments

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2019-S4031 - Details

Law Section:: Education
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:: S4031

2019-S4031 - Summary

Establishes a commission for the educational advancement of multilingual learners in New York.

2019-S4031 - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S4031

SPONSOR: JACKSON
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to establish a commission for the educational advancement of
multilingual learners in New York; and providing for the repeal of such
provisions upon expiration thereof

 
PURPOSE:

To study and write a report on the best practices and legislative recom-
mendations to close the achievement gap and high school graduation rates
between multilingual learners and their English proficient peers from
kindergarten through twelfth grade. The report will advise the legisla-
ture, governor, board of regents, and the New York state education offi-
cials of the feasibility and cost to implement such practices in
schools.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 creates the commission, describes its purpose, outlines the
number of members, lists who appoints members, the expertise commission
members must have, when the commission may begin to act, and commission
members' expense reimbursement.

Section 2 provides legislative leaders, the governor, the chancellor of
board of regents, and the commissioner of the department of education,
30 days to submit their commission member appointments to the board of
regents.

Section 3 details the commission's staff and agency liaison needed to
support the commission in writing the best practices and legislative
recommendations report.

Section 4 authorizes the commission to do any studies, inquiries,
surveys or analyses relevant to achieve it purpose; and allows the
commission to hold public hearings and private meetings.

Section 5 describes who will receive the best practices and legislative
recommendations report upon its completion; and a required completion
date.

Section 6 of the bill is the effective date.

 
EXISTING LAW:

New bill.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

This bill would help close the achievement gap between multilingual
learners and their English proficient peers, as well as improve the
graduation rates of multilingual learners. This bill would create a
commission for the educational advancement of multilingual learners, to
write a best practices and legislative recommendations report, which
will emphasize the importance of policies and funding for the educa-
tional achievement of multilingual learning students to the legislature
and the governor. This bill would provide the legislature, the governor,
and the state with policies and budget recommendations for an often
ignored section of New York's kindergarten through high school student
population, that would ensure multilingual learners are provided for and
have the same access to education as their English proficient peers.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and deemed
repealed two years after such date.

2019-S4031 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4031
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 25, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN ACT to establish a commission  for  the  educational  advancement  of
   multilingual  learners  in  New  York; and providing for the repeal of
   such provisions upon expiration thereof

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Commission  established. (a) A commission, to be known as
 the commission for the educational advancement of multilingual learners,
 hereafter referred to as the commission, is hereby created to study  and
 write  a report on the best practices and legislative recommendations to
 close the achievement gap  and  high  school  graduation  rates  between
 multilingual learners and their English proficient peers from prekinder-
 garten  through  twelfth  grade. The report will advise the legislature,
 governor, board of regents, and New York state  education  officials  on
 the best practices and legislative recommendations to close the achieve-
 ment  gap;  and  the feasibility and cost to implement such practices in
 schools.
   (b) The commission shall be composed of  nine  members,  appointed  as
 follows:  (i)  two  members shall be appointed by the governor; (ii) two
 members shall be appointed by the speaker of  the  assembly;  (iii)  two
 members  shall  be  appointed  by the temporary president of the senate;
 (iv) two members shall be appointed by the commissioner of the New  York
 state  department of education; and (v) one member shall be the chancel-
 lor of the board of regents or appointed thereof. The  commission  shall
 be chaired by a person chosen by a majority vote at the first meeting of
 the   commission.  The  vice-chairperson  of  the  commission  shall  be
 appointed by the chairperson. Vacancies in the membership of the commis-
 sion shall be filled in the manner provided for original appointments.
   (c) The commission shall be made up of at  least:  (i)  one  education
 professional  who  specializes in English to Speakers of Other Languages
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD10122-02-9

 S. 4031                             2
 
 and Bilingual Programs; (ii) one teacher who has experience working with
 multilingual students; (iii) one education professional who has  experi-
 ence working with early childhood multilingual learners; (iv) one educa-
 tion  professional  who  has  experience with multilingual newcomers and
 high school graduation; and  (v)  one  education  professional  who  has
 expertise in education equity of New York state students.
   (d)  The  members  of the commission shall receive no compensation for
 their services, but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses
 incurred in the performance of their duties hereunder.
   (e) The commission shall begin to act 30 days  after  this  act  shall
 become a law.
   §  2.  Appointments to commission. The legislative leaders, the gover-
 nor, the chancellor of the board of regents,  and  the  commissioner  of
 education  shall  submit their appointments to the board of regents, and
 the board of regents shall make appointments,  no  later  than  30  days
 after this act becomes a law.
   §  3.  Commission  staff  and  agency liaison. (a) The commissioner of
 education shall designate such employees of the department of  education
 as  are  reasonably necessary to provide support services to the commis-
 sion. The commissioner of education shall appoint one or more  represen-
 tatives  of the department of education to serve as liaison between such
 department and the commission.
   (b) All state agencies,  public  authorities,  public  benefit  corpo-
 rations  and  any public-school district in New York state shall provide
 such assistance as may be reasonably  requested  by  the  chair  of  the
 commission.
   (c)  The commission, acting by the chair of the commission, may employ
 additional staff and consultants, who shall be paid from amounts  avail-
 able to the commission for that purpose.
   § 4. Accomplishment of purpose. The commission shall be authorized and
 empowered  to  undertake  any studies, inquiries, surveys or analyses it
 may deem relevant. The commission shall meet and hold public hearings or
 private meetings within or without the state, and  shall  have  all  the
 powers of a legislative committee pursuant to the legislative law.
   §  5.  Report  on  best practices and legislative recommendations. The
 commission shall make a report of its findings, including any  recommen-
 dations for legislative action as it may deem necessary and appropriate,
 to  the  governor, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of
 the assembly, the chairperson of the senate committee on education,  the
 chairperson  of  the  senate  committee  on New York City education, the
 chairperson of  the  assembly  committee  on  education,  the  board  of
 regents,  and  the  commissioner of education no later than December 31,
 2019.
   § 6. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
 deemed repealed two years after such date.

co-Sponsors

2019-S4031A - Details

Law Section:: Education
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:: S4031

2019-S4031A - Summary

Establishes a commission for the educational advancement of multilingual learners in New York.

2019-S4031A - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S4031A

SPONSOR: JACKSON
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to establish a commission for the educational
advancement of multilingual learners in New York; and providing for the
repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

 
PURPOSE:

To study and prepare a report on the best practices and legislative
recommendations to close the achievement gap and high school graduation
rates between multilingual learners and their English proficient peers
from kindergarten through twelfth grade. The report will advise the
legislature, governor, board of regents, and the New York state educa-
tion officials on the best practices, provide policy and legislative
recommendations to close the achievement gap; and the feasibility and
cost to implement such practices in schools.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 creates the commission, describes its purpose, outlines the

number of members, lists who appoints members, the expertise commission
members must have, when the commission may begin to act, and commission
members' expense reimbursement.

Section 2 provides the governor, the speaker of the assembly, the tempo-
rary president of the senate, the minority leader of the assembly, the
minority leader of the senate, the chancellor of the board of regents,
and the commissioner of education shall submit their appointments no
later than 120 days after this act becomes a law.

Section 3 details the commission's staff and agency liaison needed to
support the commission in writing the best practices and legislative
recommendations report. The commissioner of education shall designate
such employees of the department of education as are reasonably neces-
sary to provide support services to the commission.

Section 4 authorizes the commission to do any studies, surveys or
analyses relevant to achieve its purpose. The commission shall meet and
hold at least five public hearings pursuant to section one, subdivision
(a).

Section 5 describes who will receive the best practices and legislative
recommendations report upon its completion; and a required completion
date.

Section 6 of the bill is the effective date.

 
EXISTING LAW:

New bill.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

This bill would help close the achievement gap between multilingual
learners and their English proficient peers, as well as improve the
graduation rates of multilingual learners. This bill would create a
commission for the educational advancement of multilingual learners, to
write a best practices and legislative recommendations report, which
will emphasize the importance of policies and funding for the educa-
tional achievement of multilingual learning students to the legislature
and the governor. This bill would provide the legislature, the governor,
and the state with policies and budget recommendations for an often
ignored section of New York's kindergarten through high school student
population, that would ensure multilingual learners are provided for and
have the same access to education as their English proficient peers.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect April 1, 2020 and shall expire and be deemed
repealed two years after such date, provided, however that if upon such
date an appropriation to the education department for the purposes of
implementing section one of this act shall not have been made, this act
shall take effect on the forty-fifth day after such appropriation is
made and shall expire and be deemed repealed two years after such date,
provided further that the director of the budget shall notify the legis-
lative bill drafting commission upon the occurrence of such appropri-
ation in order that the commission may maintain an accurate and timely
effective data base of the official text of the laws of the state of New
York in furtherance of effectuating the provisions of section 44 of the
legislative law and section 70-b of the public officers law.

2019-S4031A - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4031--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 25, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  JACKSON,  BIAGGI, KENNEDY, MAY, MYRIE, SALAZAR --
   read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to
   the  Committee  on  Finance  --  committee  discharged,  bill amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to establish a commission  for  the  educational  advancement  of
   multilingual  learners  in  New  York; and providing for the repeal of
   such provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Commission  established. (a) A commission, to be known as
 the commission for the educational advancement of multilingual learners,
 hereafter referred to as the commission, is hereby created to study  and
 prepare  a  report on the best practices and legislative recommendations
 to close the achievement gap and high school  graduation  rates  between
 multilingual learners and their English proficient peers from prekinder-
 garten  through  twelfth  grade. The report will advise the legislature,
 governor, board of regents, and New York state  education  officials  on
 the  best  practices,  provide policy and legislative recommendations to
 close the achievement gap; and the feasibility  and  cost  to  implement
 such practices in schools.
   (b)  The  commission shall be composed of eleven members, appointed as
 follows: (i) two members shall be appointed by the  governor;  (ii)  two
 members  shall  be  appointed  by the speaker of the assembly; (iii) two
 members shall be appointed by the temporary  president  of  the  senate;
 (iv)  one member shall be appointed by the minority leader of the assem-
 bly; (v) one member shall be appointed by the  minority  leader  of  the
 senate;  (vi)  two  members  shall be appointed by the chancellor of the
 board of regents; and (vii) one member shall be the commissioner of  the
 New York state education department or appointed thereof who shall serve
 as  chairperson  of the commission.   Vacancies in the membership of the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10122-04-9

 S. 4031--A                          2
 
 commission shall be filled in the manner provided for original  appoint-
 ments.
   (c)  The  commission  shall  be made up of at least: (i) one education
 professional who specializes in English to Speakers of  Other  Languages
 and Bilingual Programs; (ii) one teacher who has experience working with
 multilingual  students; (iii) one education professional who has experi-
 ence working with early childhood multilingual learners; (iv) one educa-
 tion professional who has experience  with  multilingual  newcomers  and
 high  school  graduation;  and  (v)  one  education professional who has
 expertise in education equity of New York state students.
   (d) The members of the commission shall receive  no  compensation  for
 their services, but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses
 incurred in the performance of their duties hereunder.
   §  2.  Appointments  to  commission.  The governor, the speaker of the
 assembly, the temporary president of the senate, the minority leader  of
 the  assembly,  the minority leader of the senate, the chancellor of the
 board of regents, and the commissioner of education shall  submit  their
 appointments no later than 120 days after this act becomes a law.
   §  3.  Commission staff and agency liaison. The commissioner of educa-
 tion shall designate such employees of the department  of  education  as
 are  reasonably necessary to provide support services to the commission.
 The commissioner of education shall appoint one or more  representatives
 of  the department of education to serve as liaison between such depart-
 ment and the commission.
   § 4. Accomplishment of purpose. The commission shall be authorized and
 empowered to undertake any studies, surveys  or  analyses  it  may  deem
 relevant.  The commission shall meet and hold at least five public hear-
 ings, pursuant to subdivision (a) of section one of  this  act,  one  in
 each of the following regions of the state: Long Island, the city of New
 York, the city of Buffalo, the city of Syracuse and the city of Yonkers.
   §  5.  Report  on  best practices and legislative recommendations. The
 commission shall make a report of its findings, including any  recommen-
 dations for legislative action as it may deem necessary and appropriate,
 to  the  governor, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of
 the assembly, the chairperson of the senate committee on education,  the
 chairperson  of  the  senate  committee  on New York City education, the
 chairperson of  the  assembly  committee  on  education,  the  board  of
 regents,  and the commissioner of education no later than one year after
 the effective date of this act.
   § 6. This act shall take effect April 1, 2020 and shall expire and  be
 deemed  repealed  two  years after such date, provided, however, that if
 upon such date an appropriation to  the  education  department  for  the
 purposes  of  implementing  section  one of this act shall not have been
 made, this act shall take effect  on  the  forty-fifth  day  after  such
 appropriation  is made and shall expire and be deemed repealed two years
 after such date, provided further that the director of the budget  shall
 notify  the  legislative bill drafting commission upon the occurrence of
 such appropriation in order that the commission may maintain an accurate
 and timely effective data base of the official text of the laws  of  the
 state  of  New  York  in  furtherance  of effectuating the provisions of
 section 44 of the legislative law and section 70-b of the  public  offi-
 cers law.

co-Sponsors

2019-S4031B (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:: Education
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:: S4031

2019-S4031B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a commission for the educational advancement of multilingual learners in New York.

2019-S4031B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S4031B

SPONSOR: JACKSON
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to establish a commission for the educational
advancement of multilingual learners in New York; and providing for the
repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

 
PURPOSE:

To study and prepare a report on the best practices and legislative
recommendations to close the achievement gap and high school graduation
rates between multilingual learners and their English proficient peers
from kindergarten through twelfth grade. The report will advise the
legislature, governor, board of regents, and the New York state educa-
tion officials on the best practices, provide policy and legislative
recommendations to close the achievement gap; and the feasibility and
cost to implement such practices in schools.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 creates the commission, describes its purpose, outlines the

number of members, lists who appoints members, provides that vacancies
must be filled within 30 days, the expertise commission members must
have, when the commission may begin to act, and commission members'
expense reimbursement.

Section 2 provides the governor, the speaker of the assembly, the tempo-
rary president of the senate, the minority leader of the assembly, the
minority leader of the senate, the chancellor of the board of regents,
and the commissioner of education shall submit their appointments no
later than 120 days after this act becomes a law.

Section 3 details the commission's staff and agency liaison needed to
support the commission in writing the best practices and legislative
recommendations report. The commissioner of education shall designate
such employees of the department of education as are reasonably neces-
sary to provide support services to the commission.

Section 4 authorizes the commission to do any studies, surveys or
analyses relevant to achieve its purpose. The commission shall meet and
hold at least five public hearings pursuant to section one, subdivision
(a).

Section 5 describes who will receive the best practices and legislative
recommendations report upon its completion; and that the report must be
submitted no later than one year after all appointments to the commis-
sion have been made.

Section 6 of the bill is the effective date.

 
EXISTING LAW:

New bill.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

This bill would help close the achievement gap between multilingual
learners and their English proficient peers, as well as improve the
graduation rates of multilingual learners. This bill would create a
commission for the educational advancement of multilingual learners, to
write a best practices and legislative recommendations report, which
will emphasize the importance of policies and funding for the educa-
tional achievement of multilingual learning students to the legislature
and the governor. This bill would provide the legislature, the governor,
and the state with policies and budget recommendations for an often
ignored section of New York's kindergarten through high school student
population, which would ensure multilingual learners are provided for
and have the same access to education as their English proficient peers.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect April 1, 2020 and shall expire and be deemed
repealed two years after such date, provided, however that if upon such
date an appropriation to the education department for the purposes of
implementing section one of this act shall not have been made, this act
shall take effect on the forty-fifth day after such appropriation is
made and shall expire and be deemed repealed two years after such date,
provided further that the director of the budget shall notify the legis-
lative bill drafting commission upon the occurrence of such appropri-
ation in order that the commission may maintain an accurate and timely
effective data base of the official text of the laws of the state of New
York in furtherance of effectuating the provisions of section 44 of the
legislative law and section 70-b of the public officers law.

2019-S4031B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4031--B
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 25, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  JACKSON,  BIAGGI, KENNEDY, MAY, MYRIE, SALAZAR --
   read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to
   the  Committee  on  Finance  --  committee  discharged,  bill amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and  recommitted  to  said  committee  --
   committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
   recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to establish a commission  for  the  educational  advancement  of
   multilingual  learners  in  New  York; and providing for the repeal of
   such provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Commission  established. (a) A commission, to be known as
 the commission for the educational advancement of multilingual learners,
 hereafter referred to as the commission, is hereby created to study  and
 prepare  a  report on the best practices and legislative recommendations
 to close the achievement gap and high school  graduation  rates  between
 multilingual learners and their English proficient peers from prekinder-
 garten  through  twelfth  grade. The report will advise the legislature,
 governor, board of regents, and New York state  education  officials  on
 the  best  practices,  provide policy and legislative recommendations to
 close the achievement gap; and the feasibility  and  cost  to  implement
 such practices in schools.
   (b)  The  commission shall be composed of eleven members, appointed as
 follows: (i) two members shall be appointed by the  governor;  (ii)  two
 members  shall  be  appointed  by the speaker of the assembly; (iii) two
 members shall be appointed by the temporary  president  of  the  senate;
 (iv)  one member shall be appointed by the minority leader of the assem-
 bly; (v) one member shall be appointed by the  minority  leader  of  the
 senate;  (vi)  two  members  shall be appointed by the chancellor of the
 board of regents; and (vii) one member shall be the commissioner of  the
 New York state education department or appointed thereof who shall serve
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD10122-06-9

 S. 4031--B                          2
 
 as  chairperson  of the commission.   Vacancies in the membership of the
 commission shall be filled within 30 days in  the  manner  provided  for
 original appointments.
   (c)  The  commission  shall  be made up of at least: (i) one education
 professional who specializes in English to Speakers of  Other  Languages
 and Bilingual Programs; (ii) one teacher who has experience working with
 multilingual  students; (iii) one education professional who has experi-
 ence working with early childhood multilingual learners; (iv) one educa-
 tion professional who has experience  with  multilingual  newcomers  and
 high  school  graduation;  and  (v)  one  education professional who has
 expertise in education equity of New York state students.
   (d) The members of the commission shall receive  no  compensation  for
 their services, but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses
 incurred in the performance of their duties hereunder.
   §  2.  Appointments  to  commission.  The governor, the speaker of the
 assembly, the temporary president of the senate, the minority leader  of
 the  assembly,  the minority leader of the senate, the chancellor of the
 board of regents, and the commissioner of education shall  submit  their
 appointments no later than 120 days after this act becomes a law.
   §  3.  Commission staff and agency liaison. The commissioner of educa-
 tion shall designate such employees of the department  of  education  as
 are  reasonably necessary to provide support services to the commission.
 The commissioner of education shall appoint one or more  representatives
 of  the department of education to serve as liaison between such depart-
 ment and the commission.
   § 4. Accomplishment of purpose. The commission shall be authorized and
 empowered to undertake any studies, surveys  or  analyses  it  may  deem
 relevant.  The commission shall meet and hold at least five public hear-
 ings, pursuant to subdivision (a) of section one of  this  act,  one  in
 each of the following regions of the state: Long Island, the city of New
 York, the city of Buffalo, the city of Syracuse and the city of Yonkers.
   §  5.  Report  on  best practices and legislative recommendations. The
 commission shall make a report of its findings, including any  recommen-
 dations for legislative action as it may deem necessary and appropriate,
 to  the  governor, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of
 the assembly, the chairperson of the senate committee on education,  the
 chairperson  of  the  senate  committee  on New York City education, the
 chairperson of  the  assembly  committee  on  education,  the  board  of
 regents,  and the commissioner of education no later than one year after
 all appointments to the commission have been made.
   § 6. This act shall take effect April 1, 2020 and shall expire and  be
 deemed  repealed  two  years after such date, provided, however, that if
 upon such date an appropriation to  the  education  department  for  the
 purposes  of  implementing  section  one of this act shall not have been
 made, this act shall take effect  on  the  forty-fifth  day  after  such
 appropriation  is made and shall expire and be deemed repealed two years
 after such date, provided further that the director of the budget  shall
 notify  the  legislative bill drafting commission upon the occurrence of
 such appropriation in order that the commission may maintain an accurate
 and timely effective data base of the official text of the laws  of  the
 state  of  New  York  in  furtherance  of effectuating the provisions of
 section 44 of the legislative law and section 70-b of the  public  offi-
 cers law.

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Senate Bill S4031

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