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Senate Bill S4372
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-S4372 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A291
- Current Committee:
- Senate Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add ยง3205-a, Ed L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2011-2012:
S1570
2013-2014: S1574
2009-S4372 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4372 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the education law, in relation to enacting the "Place a Child in Every School Seat Act of 2009" PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : To establish a public awareness and education campaign on the importance of earning a high school degree, and create an incentive program to improve school attendance by offering awards based on best overall attendance and/or most improved attendance, under the direction of the Education Department with the advice and consent of the Board of Regents. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : Adds a new section 3205-a to the education law to provide for a public awareness and education campaign on the importance of earning a high school degree, and to create an incentive program to improve school attendance statewide. JUSTIFICATION : Studies have demonstrated a clear link between absenteeism in school a juvenile delinquency. According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, one study of high school dropouts showed that 80 percent had been chronically absent from school in the previous school year.
2009-S4372 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4372 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E April 22, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. OPPENHEIMER -- 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 enacting the "Place a Child in Every School Seat Act of 2009" THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "place a child in every school seat act of 2009". S 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 3205-a to read as follows: S 3205-A. "PLACE A CHILD IN EVERY SCHOOL SEAT ACT OF 2009"; PUBLIC AWARENESS OF PUBLIC SCHOOL ATTENDANCE; INCENTIVES TO IMPROVE ATTENDANCE. 1. THE DEPARTMENT IS HEREBY DIRECTED TO ESTABLISH A PUBLIC AWARENESS AND EDUCATION CAMPAIGN THAT INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, EMPHASIZING THE BENEFITS OF ATTENDING SCHOOL AND EARNING, AT A MINIMUM, A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA, AND THE POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCES RELATED TO DROPPING OUT OF SCHOOL. SUCH PUBLIC AWARENESS AND EDUCATION CAMPAIGN SHALL BE DIRECTED AT MINORS WHOSE ATTENDANCE AT SCHOOL IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION THIRTY-TWO HUNDRED FIVE OF THIS PART AND AT THEIR PARENTS OR GUARDIANS AND SHALL UTILIZE A VARIETY OF MEDIA SUCH AS, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, TELE- VISION, BILLBOARDS, RADIO, AND INTERNET. 2. THE DEPARTMENT IS HEREBY DIRECTED TO CREATE AN INCENTIVE PROGRAM TO IMPROVE STUDENT ATTENDANCE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION THIRTY-TWO HUNDRED FIVE OF THIS PART. INCENTIVES SHALL BE DEVELOPED WITH THE ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS AS TO AN APPROPRIATE BUT MOTIVATION- AL INCENTIVE THAT WILL APPEAL TO STUDENTS IN ALL PARTS OF THE STATE AND IN ALL INCOME BRACKETS. THE DEPARTMENT IS ENCOURAGED TO DEVELOP INCEN- TIVES DIRECTED AT STUDENTS SPECIFICALLY SO AS TO MOTIVATE EXCITEMENT AND ENTHUSIASM FOR ATTENDANCE. SUCH AN INCENTIVE PROGRAM AND/OR AWARDS SHALL BE BASED ON A DISTRICT'S OVERALL ATTENDANCE OR MOST IMPROVED ATTENDANCE EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00520-01-9
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