| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 08, 2020 |
referred to education |
| May 02, 2019 |
referred to education |
Senate Bill S5483
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee
Actions
2019-S5483 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §305, Ed L
- Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
-
S1395
2019-S5483 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5483
SPONSOR: BROOKS
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to
school district requirements for military-connected students
PURPOSE:
To ensure that schools accurately and consistently report the number of
students from military-connected families.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1. amends section 305 of the education law by adding a new
subdivision 60, which requires the commissioner to cause all school
districts to include a military-connected identifier on all student
records, inform teachers of their enrollment, and include the number of
such students in their annual basic educational data system
(BEDS) reports.
2019-S5483 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
5483
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
May 2, 2019
___________
Introduced by Sen. BROOKS -- 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 school district
requirements for military-connected students
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 60 to read as follows:
60. FOR PURPOSES OF MONITORING ACADEMIC PROGRESS OF MILITARY-CONNECTED
STUDENTS, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL CAUSE EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT TO: (A)
INCLUDE AN IDENTIFIER ON THE STUDENT RECORD OF A MILITARY-CONNECTED
STUDENT, AND (B) INFORM A CLASSROOM TEACHER OF THE ENROLLMENT OF A MILI-
TARY-CONNECTED STUDENT IN ANY CLASS TAUGHT BY SUCH TEACHER. EACH SCHOOL
DISTRICT SHALL INCLUDE IN THE BASIC EDUCATIONAL DATA SYSTEM REPORTS
(BEDS), THE NUMBER OF MILITARY-CONNECTED STUDENTS ENROLLED IN SUCH
SCHOOL DISTRICT. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, A "MILITARY-CONNECT-
ED STUDENT" MEANS A STUDENT ENROLLED IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL IN THIS STATE
WHO IS A DEPENDENT OF A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10648-02-9
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