NY State Senate Bill 2023-S4572

Senate Bill S4572

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to administration of language assessment instruments to students receiving a program of bilingual education or English as a second language

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Jan 03, 2024	referred to education
Feb 10, 2023	referred to education

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2023-S4572 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §3204, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: S6381
2013-2014: S419
2015-2016: S1021
2017-2018: S4186
2019-2020: S3342
2021-2022: S4397

2023-S4572 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to administration of language assessment instruments to students receiving a program of bilingual education or English as a second language.

2023-S4572 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S4572

SPONSOR: RAMOS
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the education law, in relation to administration of
language assessment instruments to students receiving a program of
bilingual education or English as a second language

 
PURPOSE:

To lengthen the amount of time that students will have to learn English
as a second language from 1 year to 3 years.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

  Section I amends paragraph 3 of subdivision 2-a of section 3204 of the
education law to change eligibility criteria for language assessments.

  Section II sets forth the effective date.

JUSTIFICATION:

Studies  have  indicated  that children are able to learn a new language
within 2 or 3 years of instruction. Currently,  new  pupils  of  foreign
birth  are  administered  the English Language Arts Exam and are held to
the same standards as English-speaking students after  only  1  year  of
bilingual  education.  As  the  existing law stands, a student's English
language proficiency is measured on an annual basis, without  accounting
for  the  amount  of  time they have had to learn English when it is not
their first language. This bill would allow students who speak little to
no English, an opportunity to learn the English language for a period of
3 school years before their proficiency is assessed.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2021-2022 - Referred to Education

2019: A.2269 (Rozic) - Referred to Education

2017-2018: A01290 (Rozic) - Referred to Education

2015-2016: A00193 (Rozic) - Referred to Education

2014: A08686 (Rozic) - Referred to Education

2012-2013: A03662 (Espinal) - Referred to Education

 
FISCAL IMPACT ON THE STATE:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2023-S4572 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4572
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 10, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  RAMOS, KRUEGER -- 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  administration  of
   language  assessment  instruments  to  students receiving a program of
   bilingual education or English as a second language

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  3  of  subdivision  2-a of section 3204 of the
 education law, as added by chapter 827 of the laws of 1982,  is  amended
 to read as follows:
   3.  Eligibility  for  such  programs  shall  be based on the following
 criteria. A pupil who by reason of foreign birth or  ancestry  speaks  a
 language other than English, and either understands and speaks little or
 no  English,  or who has been identified by any English language assess-
 ment instrument approved by the  commissioner  as  a  pupil  of  limited
 English  proficiency,  shall receive a program of bilingual education or
 English as a second language in accordance with standards established by
 the commissioner. [A] SUCH pupil's proficiency in the  English  language
 shall  be measured [annually] by [such] A language assessment instrument
 AFTER THE PUPIL HAS BEEN ENROLLED IN A PROGRAM OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION OR
 ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE FOR A PERIOD OF  THREE  CONSECUTIVE  SCHOOL
 YEARS  AND  ANNUALLY  THEREAFTER  in  order to determine further partic-
 ipation in bilingual education or English as a second  language  program
 in accordance with standards established by the commissioner, subject to
 the provisions of subdivision two of this section. The parent or guardi-
 an of a pupil designated as limited English proficient shall be informed
 by  the local school authorities of the pupil's placement in an instruc-
 tional program.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06137-01-3

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