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Senate Bill S706

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to employment preparation education programs

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2019-S706 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6195
Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3602, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S7995, A10455
2017-2018: S3164, A2745
2021-2022: S1704

2019-S706 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to employment preparation education programs; authorizes persons under 21 who are attending regular day school classes and are designated as English language learners to attend employment preparation education programs at no additional cost to the school district or BOCES, provided there is space available.

2019-S706 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S706 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    706
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. GALLIVAN -- 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 employment preparation
   education programs

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  11  of  section 3602 of the education law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph i to read as follows:
   I. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW  TO  THE  CONTRARY,  ANY
 STUDENT  UNDER  TWENTY-ONE  YEARS  OF AGE WHO ATTENDS REGULAR DAY SCHOOL
 CLASSES AND IS DESIGNATED AS AN ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER BY HIS  OR  HER
 SCHOOL DISTRICT OR BOCES PROGRAM, SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN AN
 APPROVED  EMPLOYMENT  PREPARATION EDUCATION PROGRAM, PROVIDED THAT SPACE
 IS AVAILABLE, AT NO ADDITIONAL COST TO SUCH SCHOOL  DISTRICT  OR  BOCES;
 AND  PROVIDED,  FURTHER,  THAT SUCH STUDENTS SHALL NOT BE INCLUDED UNDER
 PARAGRAPHS B AND H OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02745-01-9

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