Senate Bill S3044

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires the commissioner of education to study the educational model at The Eagle Academy and develop an educational program to be utilized by certain 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-S3044 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §305, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S5285
2017-2018: S1221
2019-2020: S493

2021-S3044 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the commissioner of education to study the educational model at The Eagle Academy and develop an educational program to be utilized by certain schools.

2021-S3044 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S3044 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3044
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 27, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  RIVERA -- 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 requiring a  study  of
   the educational model at The Eagle Academy and developing an education
   program to be utilized by certain schools

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 57 to read as follows:
   57. A. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL UNDERTAKE A STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EDUCA-
 TIONAL MODEL AT THE EAGLE ACADEMY LOCATED IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, WHICH
 WILL INCLUDE AN ANALYSIS OF THE ACADEMY'S  CURRICULUM  AND  APPROACH  TO
 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
   B. THE COMMISSIONER'S STUDY SHALL IDENTIFY THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
   (I)  THE  LESSONS,  ACADEMIC CONTENT, AND SPECIFIC COURSES OR PROGRAMS
 OFFERED AT THE ACADEMY;
   (II) THE AREAS OF THE ACADEMY'S EDUCATIONAL MODEL CONTRIBUTING MOST TO
 THE SUCCESS OR FAILURE OF STUDENTS; AND
   (III) THE TRAINING, CONTENT KNOWLEDGE AND INSTRUCTIVE SKILLS OF TEACH-
 ERS AT THE ACADEMY.
   C. THE STUDY REQUIRED PURSUANT TO  PARAGRAPH  A  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION
 SHALL  RESULT  IN  A  REPORT, WHICH SHALL DETAIL A NEW EDUCATION PROGRAM
 BASED ON THE ACADEMY'S CURRICULUM AND APPROACH TO PROFESSIONAL  DEVELOP-
 MENT.  THE  REPORT SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE
 STATE WHOSE MINORITY AND LOW-INCOME STUDENTS CONSTITUTE THE MAJORITY  OF
 THE  STUDENT  BODY.  FOR  THE PURPOSE OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "MINORITY AND
 LOW-INCOME STUDENTS" SHALL MEAN STUDENTS  FROM  GROUPS  THAT  HAVE  BEEN
 HISTORICALLY  MARGINALIZED. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ENCOURAGE SUCH PUBLIC
 SCHOOLS TO ADOPT THE NEW EDUCATION PROGRAM.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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