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Senate Bill S521

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Provides test preparation for certain students intending to apply to take the specialized high school admissions test

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2025-S521 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7046
Current Committee:
Senate New York City Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2590-h, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S6308
2017-2018: S1321
2019-2020: S1081
2021-2022: S211
2023-2024: S1524, A5987

2025-S521 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides test preparation for students in the seventh grade and eighth grade intending to apply to take the specialized high school admissions test.

2025-S521 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S521 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    521
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. PERSAUD, SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered print-
   ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on New York City
   Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education  law,  in  relation  to  test  preparation
   programs for certain students

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 2590-h of the education law is amended by adding  a
 new subdivision 57 to read as follows:
   57. TEST PREPARATION FOR CERTAIN STUDENTS. THE CHANCELLOR SHALL ESTAB-
 LISH  IN  CITIES HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, IN CONJUNC-
 TION WITH THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIAL WITH  JURISDICTION  OVER  THE  PUBLIC
 SCHOOL SYSTEM IN SUCH CITIES, A TEST PREPARATION PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS IN
 THE  SEVENTH  GRADE  AND EIGHTH GRADE WHOSE TEST IS ADMINISTERED BY SUCH
 CITIES AND WHO INTEND TO APPLY  TO  TAKE  THE  SPECIALIZED  HIGH  SCHOOL
 ADMISSIONS  TEST.  SUCH TEST PREPARATION SHALL BE OFFERED FREE OF CHARGE
 DURING THE REGULAR OPERATING HOURS OF THE SCHOOL DAY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
 the  amendments  to  section 2590-h of the education law made by section
 one of this act shall not affect the expiration and  reversion  of  such
 section and shall expire and be deemed repealed therewith.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02171-01-5

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