Senate Bill S1415

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to admission to a special high school in the city of New York

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


  • 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-S1415 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate New York City Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§2590-h, add §2590-h-1, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S6589
2013-2014: S1827
2015-2016: S1787
2017-2018: S8503
2021-2022: S3037
2023-2024: S5765

2019-S1415 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to admission to a special high school in the city of New York.

2019-S1415 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S1415 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1415
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 14, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- 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  admission  to  the
   specialized high schools in the city of New York
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section  2590-h  of  the
 education law, as amended by chapter 345 of the laws of 2009, is amended
 to read as follows:
   (b)  all  specialized [senior] high schools. The [special] SPECIALIZED
 high schools shall include the [present] schools known as[:]
   The Bronx High School of Science,  Stuyvesant  High  School,  Brooklyn
 Technical  High  School, Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music [and
 the Arts in the borough of Manhattan] & ART  AND  PERFORMING  ARTS,  and
 such  [further]  ADDITIONAL schools [which the city board may designate]
 AS MAY BE DESIGNATED BY THE CHANCELLOR from time to time. The  [special]
 SPECIALIZED  HIGH  schools  shall  be  permitted to maintain a discovery
 program in accordance with the law in effect on the date  preceding  the
 effective  date  of  this  section; PROVIDED THAT THE REQUIREMENT THAT A
 STUDENT WHO IS CONSIDERED FOR THE DISCOVERY PROGRAM ATTEND  AND  PASS  A
 PREPARATORY  PROGRAM ADMINISTERED BY THE SPECIALIZED HIGH SCHOOL, DEMON-
 STRATING THEREBY HIS OR  HER  ABILITY  TO  SUCCESSFULLY  COPE  WITH  THE
 SPECIALIZED  HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM, SHALL REFER TO A PROGRAM THAT CAN TAKE
 PLACE DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR OR THE SUMMER; admissions to the  [special]
 SPECIALIZED  HIGH schools shall be conducted in accordance with [the law
 in effect on the date preceding the  effective  date  of  this]  section
 TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED NINETY-H-L OF THIS ARTICLE;
   § 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 2590-h of the education
 law,  as  amended by chapter 720 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read
 as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00037-02-9
              

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