Assembly Bill A5538

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing the Beacon School Pilot Program in New York city schools

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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-A5538 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5053
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S5443
2015-2016: A6817, S1884
2017-2018: A803, S3472
2019-2020: A1461, S4779
2023-2024: A3962, S6390

2021-A5538 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to establishing the Beacon School Pilot Program in New York city schools.

2021-A5538 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5538
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 19, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT in relation to establishing the Beacon School  Pilot  Program  in
   New York city schools
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "New York City Beacon School Act".
   § 2. Legislative findings. Gun violence and gang activity has become a
 severe  issue in the United States as a whole, specifically in New York,
 Los Angeles, Detroit, and Chicago.  In  most  cases,  youth  join  gangs
 because  they  feel  they  need  protection,  they  want to be accepted,
 respected or all of the above. Through various youth development  initi-
 atives  and  programs  we can create an environment that will meet these
 needs for young people in urban communities and thus reduce gang and gun
 violence. Beacon offers New York city youth with a place to grow through
 challenging activities, caring relationships, and  opportunities.    The
 youth  development  quality  of the Beacon environment results in higher
 self-esteem among youth, increased leadership skills, and higher  expec-
 tations  by staff and youth for behavior and performance. Beacon reduces
 the likelihood of students to cut classes, bullying,  and  other  crimes
 against persons or property. Beacon also provides important services and
 activities  for  neighborhood adults including sports, physical fitness,
 basic  education,  English-language  instruction,  GED  preparation  and
 computer  instruction.  Beacon creates cohesion between youths, parents,
 community organizations and businesses, engaging  the  community  in  an
 effort to reduce gang and gun violence.
   § 3. Purpose. The purpose of this act is to provide all public elemen-
 tary and secondary schools located in New York city the structure, flex-
 ibility  and  support necessary to operate under the Beacon school model
 to:

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

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