Assembly Bill A11392

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing fair, equitable and appropriate English language testing requirements for certain students with limited English proficiency

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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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2009-A11392 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8322
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง305, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A7562, S5580
2013-2014: S1837
2015-2016: S3711
2017-2018: S2330

2009-A11392 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to establishing fair, equitable and appropriate English language testing requirements for certain students with limited English proficiency; provides that students who enter New York schools after the eighth grade are provided an alternative to the English regents exam in order to be awarded a high school diploma.

2009-A11392 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  11392

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 9, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON  RULES  -- (at request of M. of A. Arroyo,
  Jaffee, D. Weprin, Titus, Castro, Ortiz,  Reilly,  Gibson,  N. Rivera,
  Espaillat,  Crespo,  Heastie,  Koon,  Ramos,  Titone) -- read once and
  referred to the Committee on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in  relation  to  establishing  fair,
  equitable  and  appropriate  English language testing requirements for
  certain students

  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 42 to read as follows:
  42.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, RULE OR REGULATION TO
THE CONTRARY, THE  COMMISSIONER,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE  BOARD  OF
REGENTS,  SHALL DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES WHICH WILL
PERMIT PUPILS OF LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY WHO FIRST ENROLL IN  A  NEW
YORK STATE SCHOOL AFTER GRADE EIGHT, AND WHO MEET ALL OTHER REQUIREMENTS
FOR  GRADUATION,  TO  BE ALLOWED TO MEET THE ENGLISH REGENTS EXAMINATION
REQUIREMENT BY:
  (A) PASSING A NATIVE LANGUAGE ARTS TEST; AND
  (B) DEMONSTRATING ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AT A LEVEL COMMENSURATE
WITH THE NUMBER OF YEARS OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION AS MEASURED  BY
AN  ENGLISH  LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT  APPROVED BY THE
COMMISSIONER.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply  beginning
in the 2010-2011 school year.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
A                                                          LBD11987-03-0

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