Senate Bill S5259

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to mandatory student enrollment reporting

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee 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-S5259 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4726
Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §319, amd §2854, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A10189
2021-2022: S1116
2023-2024: S2166

2019-S5259 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to mandatory student enrollment reporting for public schools and charter schools triennially on October thirty-first, January thirty-first, and April thirtieth of each year.

2019-S5259 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S5259 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5259
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 18, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  LIU  --  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  mandatory  student
   enrollment reporting
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 319 to
 read as follows:
   § 319. MANDATORY STUDENT ENROLLMENT REPORTING. 1. ALL  PUBLIC  SCHOOLS
 LOCATED  WITHIN  THE STATE, REGARDLESS OF LEVEL, SHALL REPORT THE NUMBER
 OF STUDENTS ENROLLED IN SUCH SCHOOL TO THE  DEPARTMENT  TRIENNIALLY,  ON
 OCTOBER  THIRTY-FIRST, JANUARY THIRTY-FIRST, AND APRIL THIRTIETH OF EACH
 YEAR.
   2. EACH REPORT SHALL BE ACCOMPANIED WITH SUPPORTING  DOCUMENTATION  OF
 SUCH  ENROLLMENT.  FOR  PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL
 DETERMINE WHAT SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION IS NECESSARY.
   3. EACH REPORT SHALL BE PUBLISHED AND PUBLICLY SHARED  ON  THE  SCHOOL
 DISTRICT'S WEBSITE WITHIN ONE WEEK OF SUBMISSION TO THE DEPARTMENT.
   4.  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "ENROLLMENT" SHALL MEAN THE UNDUPLI-
 CATED COUNT OF ALL CHILDREN REGISTERED TO RECEIVE  EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES
 IN  GRADES  KINDERGARTEN  THROUGH TWELVE, INCLUDING CHILDREN IN UNGRADED
 PROGRAMS.
   § 2. Section 2854 of the education law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 4 to read as follows:
   4.  MANDATORY  STUDENT  ENROLLMENT  REPORTING. (A) ALL CHARTER SCHOOLS
 LOCATED WITHIN THE STATE SHALL REPORT THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS ENROLLED TO
 THE DEPARTMENT TRIENNIALLY, ON  OCTOBER  THIRTY-FIRST,  JANUARY  THIRTY-
 FIRST, AND APRIL THIRTIETH OF EACH YEAR.
   (B)  EACH REPORT SHALL BE ACCOMPANIED WITH SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION OF
 SUCH ENROLLMENT. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION,  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL
 DETERMINE WHAT SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION IS NECESSARY.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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