NY State Senate Bill S725

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee New York City Education Committee

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 08, 2020	referred to new york city education returned to senate died in assembly
Jun 11, 2019	referred to education delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.1231 committee discharged and committed to rules
May 30, 2019	reported and committed to education
May 01, 2019	committee discharged and committed to new york city education
Jan 09, 2019	referred to education

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Jun 11, 2019 - floor Vote

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Jun 11, 2019 - Rules committee Vote

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May 30, 2019 - New York City Education committee Vote

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S725 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8669
Current Committee:: Senate New York City Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §2590-h, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S7630, A10580
2011-2012: S264, A2319
2013-2014: S1326, A1784
2015-2016: S1576, A8573
2017-2018: S3731, A1347
2021-2022: S9153, A7154, A9547
2023-2024: S911, A1062

S725 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that all special education students attending schools scheduled to be closed or to undergo a significant change be assigned to new schools prior to the implementation of the closing or change.

S725 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S725 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   725

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  MONTGOMERY,  COMRIE,  PERSAUD  --  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 requiring that all
  special education students attending schools scheduled to be closed or
  to undergo a significant change be assigned to new  schools  prior  to
  the implementation of the closing or change

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Paragraphs (b) and (e) of subdivision 2-a of section 2590-h
of the education law, as added by chapter 345 of the laws of  2009,  are
amended to read as follows:
  (b)  Such  educational  impact  statement  shall include the following
information regarding the proposed school closing or significant  change
in school utilization:
  (i) the current and projected pupil enrollment of the affected school,
the prospective need for such school building, the ramifications of such
school  closing  or  significant  change  in school utilization upon the
community, initial costs and savings resulting from such school  closing
or significant change in school utilization, the potential disposability
of any closed school;
  (ii)  the impacts of the proposed school closing or significant change
in school utilization to any affected students;
  (iii) an outline of any proposed or potential use of the school build-
ing for other educational programs or administrative services;
  (iv) the effect of such school closing or significant change in school
utilization on personnel  needs,  the  costs  of  instruction,  adminis-
tration, transportation, and other support services;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01740-01-9

S. 725                              2

  (v)  the  type,  age,  and physical condition of such school building,
maintenance, and energy costs, recent or planned  improvements  to  such
school building, and such building's special features;
  (vi)  the  ability of other schools in the affected community district
to accommodate pupils following the school closure or significant change
in school utilization, THE CURRENT AND  PROJECTED  PUPIL  ENROLLMENT  AT
EACH  SUCH  OTHER SCHOOL AND A LIST OF AFFECTED SPECIAL EDUCATION SCHOOL
STUDENTS SCHEDULED TO ATTEND EACH SUCH OTHER SCHOOL; and
  (vii) information regarding such school's academic performance includ-
ing whether such school has been identified as a school under  registra-
tion  review  or  has  been  identified  as  a school requiring academic
progress, a school in need of improvement, or  a  school  in  corrective
action or restructuring status.
  (e) (I) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (f) of this subdivi-
sion,  all  proposed  school  closings  or significant changes in school
utilization shall be approved by the  city  board  pursuant  to  section
twenty-five  hundred  ninety-g of this article and shall not take effect
until all the provisions of this subdivision have been satisfied and the
school year in which such city board approval was granted, has ended.
  (II) EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (F)  OF  THIS  SUBDIVI-
SION,  NO PROPOSED SCHOOL CLOSING OR SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN SCHOOL UTILI-
ZATION SHALL TAKE EFFECT UNTIL  ALL  SPECIAL  EDUCATION  PUPILS  IN  THE
AFFECTED SCHOOL HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED TO NEW SCHOOLS WITHIN THE CITY OF NEW
YORK  AND  THE  CHANCELLOR  HAS VERIFIED THAT EACH NEW SCHOOL WITHIN THE
CITY OF NEW YORK ACCEPTING SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS FROM THE  AFFECTED
SCHOOL  CAN ACCOMMODATE SUCH PUPILS AS WELL AS AN ADDITIONAL INCREASE IN
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PUPILS OF NO LESS THAN  TEN  PERCENT  OF  THE  TOTAL
SCHOOL PUPIL POPULATION.
  §  2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the amend-
ments to subdivision 2-a of section 2590-h of the education law made  by
section  one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such subdivision
and shall be deemed repealed therewith.

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Jun 11, 2019 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: Jun 11, 2019

Jun 11, 2019 - Rules committee Vote

Rules Committee Vote: Jun 11, 2019

May 30, 2019 - New York City Education committee Vote

New York City Education Committee Vote: May 30, 2019

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S725 (ACTIVE) - Details

S725 (ACTIVE) - Summary

S725 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S725 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Velmanette Montgomery

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee New York City Education Committee

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Jun 11, 2019 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: Jun 11, 2019

Jun 11, 2019 - Rules committee Vote

Rules Committee Vote: Jun 11, 2019

May 30, 2019 - New York City Education committee Vote

New York City Education Committee Vote: May 30, 2019

Co-Sponsors

Leroy Comrie

Roxanne J. Persaud

S725 (ACTIVE) - Details

S725 (ACTIVE) - Summary

S725 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S725 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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