Senate Bill S5561

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Establishes the community schools act; appropriation

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  • 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-S5561 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1780
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Appropriations
Laws Affected:
Add §3602-g, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S5447, A6791
2017-2018: S3481, A2152
2021-2022: S1030, A4470
2023-2024: S300, A2534

2019-S5561 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the community schools act; authorizes the commissioner to award grants for community schools programming; appropriates funds therefor.

2019-S5561 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S5561 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5561
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 7, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  STEWART-COUSINS -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN ACT to amend the education  law,  in  relation  to  establishing  the
   community schools act; and making an appropriation therefor
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the  "community
 schools act".
   §  2.  The  education law is amended by adding a new section 3602-g to
 read as follows:
   § 3602-G. COMMUNITY SCHOOLS GRANT PROGRAM. 1. THERE IS  HEREBY  ESTAB-
 LISHED  WITHIN  THE DEPARTMENT A COMMUNITY SCHOOLS GRANT PROGRAM TO FUND
 THE PLANNING, IMPLEMENTATION, IMPROVEMENT AND  EVALUATION  OF  COMMUNITY
 SCHOOLS. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROGRAM SHALL BE:
   A.  TO  ENSURE  HIGH-QUALITY  EDUCATIONAL  OPPORTUNITIES  AND IMPROVED
 EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES FOR ALL STUDENTS THROUGH  INVESTMENT  IN  COMMUNITY
 SCHOOLS;
   B.  TO  ESTABLISH  SUSTAINABLE  COMMUNITY  SCHOOLS  WITH  ENGAGING AND
 CULTURALLY RELEVANT CURRICULUM, HEALTH, SOCIAL AND  EMOTIONAL  SERVICES,
 POSITIVE DISCIPLINE PRACTICES SUCH AS RESTORATIVE JUSTICE, AND TRANSFOR-
 MATIONAL PARENT AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AS A COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTION TO
 PROBLEMS FACING PUBLIC SCHOOLS, ESPECIALLY IN POOR COMMUNITIES; AND
   C.  TO  DOCUMENT  AND  EVALUATE LESSONS LEARNED FROM COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
 PROGRAMS TO DEVELOP A SET OF BEST PRACTICES TO BE SHARED LOCALLY, STATE-
 WIDE AND NATIONALLY.
   2. A. WITHIN AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED THEREFOR, THE COMMISSIONER IS HEREBY
 AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO AWARD COMPETITIVE  GRANTS  PURSUANT  TO  THIS
 SECTION  TO  ELIGIBLE SCHOOL DISTRICTS OR IN A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF
 ONE MILLION OR MORE AN ELIGIBLE ENTITY TO IMPLEMENT,  BEGINNING  IN  THE
 TWO  THOUSAND  NINETEEN--TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY  SCHOOL YEAR, A PLAN THAT
 TARGETS SCHOOL BUILDINGS AS COMMUNITY  HUBS  TO  DELIVER  CO-LOCATED  OR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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