Assembly Bill A10643

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Establishes school registration and support and assistance for designated schools; repealer

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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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2021-A10643 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld §§211-a, 211-b & 211-f, add §211-a, amd §211-c, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A7144

2021-A10643 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Grants the commissioner of education the power to identify schools for additional support and assistance and establish performance targets for such schools.

2021-A10643 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10643
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              August 12, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Benedetto)
   -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation  to  establishing  school
   registration and support and assistance for designated schools; and to
   repeal certain sections of the education law relating thereto

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Sections 211-a, 211-b, and 211-f of the education  law  are
 REPEALED and a new section 211-a is added to read as follows:
   § 211-A. SCHOOL REGISTRATION AND SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE FOR DESIGNATED
 SCHOOLS.  1.  REGISTRATION  OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS. ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE
 STATE SHALL BE REGISTERED BY THE BOARD OF  REGENTS,  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,
 THAT  CHARTER  SCHOOLS  SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO REGISTRATION PURSUANT TO
 THIS SECTION, BUT SHALL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR MEETING OR EXCEEDING THE
 STUDENT PERFORMANCE STANDARDS AND STUDENT ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENTS APPLI-
 CABLE TO OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF ARTI-
 CLE FIFTY-SIX OF THIS CHAPTER. ONCE REGISTERED, A SCHOOL DISTRICT  SHALL
 NOT CLOSE, MERGE, SPLIT, CHANGE THE GRADE CONFIGURATION, OR SUBSTANTIAL-
 LY  CHANGE  THE  ENROLLMENT  OF  THE REGISTERED SCHOOL WITHOUT THE PRIOR
 CONSENT OF THE COMMISSIONER. THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  DENY  OR  REQUIRE
 MODIFICATIONS TO A REQUEST ONLY WHERE APPROVING THE REQUEST SHALL HAVE A
 DEMONSTRABLE AND SUBSTANTIAL NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
 FOR STUDENTS.
   2. ANNUAL DETERMINATION OF SCHOOL NEED FOR SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE. THE
 COMMISSIONER  SHALL  DETERMINE ANNUALLY WHETHER EACH PUBLIC SCHOOL IS IN
 NEED OF ADDITIONAL SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE BASED  ON  MULTIPLE  MEASURES,
 INCLUDING  ACADEMIC  AND  NON-ACADEMIC  MEASURES,  AS  DETERMINED BY THE
 COMMISSIONER.
   3. IDENTIFICATION OF SCHOOLS FOR ADDITIONAL SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE. IF
 BASED ON THE ANNUAL DETERMINATION, PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO  OF  THIS
 SECTION,  THE  COMMISSIONER  DETERMINES THAT A SCHOOL WOULD BENEFIT FROM
 ADDITIONAL SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE  BASED  ON  ACADEMIC  PERFORMANCE  AND
 OTHER MEASURES, THE COMMISSIONER MAY DESIGNATE THE SCHOOL FOR ADDITIONAL
 SUPPORT  AND ASSISTANCE.   EACH SCHOOL IDENTIFIED UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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