Senate Bill S6537

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to continuing the New York State Smart Scholars Early College High School Program and the New York State Pathways in Technology Early College High School Program

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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-S6537 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7501
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§6457 & 6458, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S9060, A11047
2021-2022: S6825, A8284
2023-2024: S7464

2019-S6537 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to continuing the New York State Smart Scholars Early College High School Program and the New York State Pathways in Technology Early College High School Program.

2019-S6537 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S6537 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6537
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 15, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MONTGOMERY  --  (at request of the State Education
   Department) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be
   committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the education law, in relation to continuing the New
   York State Smart Scholars Early College High School  Program  and  the
   New  York  State  Pathways  in  Technology  Early  College High School
   Program in this state
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Legislative  intent.  The  legislature  hereby  finds and
 declares it necessary to preserve and continue the New York State  Smart
 Scholars  early college high school program and the New York state path-
 ways in technology early college high school  program  (P-TECH  program)
 which  provide various students, including those traditionally underrep-
 resented in post-secondary education, with  the  opportunity  to  access
 college-level  courses  and  college  degree  credits at the high school
 level with the combined support of high school  and  college  staff  and
 resources,  and for P-TECH programs, career training and employment in a
 highly skilled job upon completion of the program. The  New  York  State
 Smart  Scholars  early  college  high  school program not only increases
 students' access to higher education, but also reduces  potential  costs
 for  students  in  completing college degrees by allowing them to either
 complete a degree upon graduation from high school  or  to  apply  their
 earned college credits towards an associate's or baccalaureate's degree.
 This  innovative  program provides incentives to high school students to
 proceed to college and to earn a college degree  by  accelerating  their
 overall  completion  of  a  degree.  It  also  better  prepares them for
 college-level coursework, which, will in turn, increase  their  academic
 performance.    Ultimately, this program increases graduation rates both
 at the high school  and  college  levels,  especially  for  academically
 at-risk students.

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

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