Senate Bill S2492

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Authorizes the chancellor of the city district to control and operate certain specialized high schools in the city of New York

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee New York City Education Committee


  • 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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2023-S2492 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2060
Current Committee:
Senate New York City Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§2590-a & 2590-h, Ed L; add §21-974.1, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S6510, A8437
2021-2022: S4015, A5570

2023-S2492 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the chancellor of the city district to control and operate certain specialized high schools in the city of New York; establishes a commission on middle school achievement to provide guidance, advice, and make recommendations to the chancellor of the city district on matters pertaining to education policy, performance and innovation in New York city middle schools; provides for the repeal of certain provisions upon the expiration thereof.

2023-S2492 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S2492 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2492
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 20, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  COMRIE,  GOUNARDES,  SEPULVEDA  -- read twice and
   ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
   New York City Education
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the education law and the administrative code of the
   city of New York, in relation to authorizing  the  chancellor  of  the
   city  district to control and operate certain specialized high schools
   in the city of New York and to establish a commission on middle school
   achievement; and providing for the repeal of certain  provisions  upon
   the expiration thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 2590-a of the education law is amended by adding  a
 new subdivision 11 to read as follows:
   11.  SPECIALIZED  HIGH  SCHOOL ADMISSIONS TEST.  THE TERM "SPECIALIZED
 HIGH SCHOOL ADMISSIONS TEST" SHALL MEAN THE COMPETITIVE,  OBJECTIVE  AND
 SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT EXAMINATION REQUIRED FOR ADMISSION TO SPECIALIZED
 HIGH  SCHOOLS  PURSUANT  TO SECTION TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED NINETY-G OF THIS
 ARTICLE IN EFFECT PRIOR TO THE THIRTY-FIRST OF MARCH,  NINETEEN  HUNDRED
 NINETY-SEVEN.
   § 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 2590-h of the education
 law,  as  amended by chapter 345 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read
 as follows:
   (b) all specialized [senior] high schools.
   (I) The [special] SPECIALIZED high schools shall include  the  present
 schools known as:
   (A) The Bronx High School of Science, Stuyvesant High School, Brooklyn
 Technical  High  School,  Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music and
 the Arts in the borough of Manhattan, BROOKLYN LATIN SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL
 FOR MATH, SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING AT CITY COLLEGE, HIGH SCHOOL FOR AMER-
 ICAN STUDIES AT LEHMAN COLLEGE, QUEENS HIGH SCHOOL FOR SCIENCES AT  YORK
 COLLEGE, AND STATEN ISLAND TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL; and
   (B)  such further schools which the city board may designate from time
 to time. The special schools shall be permitted to maintain a  discovery
 program  in  accordance with the law in effect on the date preceding the
 
              

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