Senate Bill S5613

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides that variance of class size by notification for the middle and secondary grades will no longer be permitted for special act school districts

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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-S5613 - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §4402, Ed L

2009-S5613 - Summary

Provides that variance of class size by notification for the middle and secondary grades will no longer be permitted for special act school districts.

2009-S5613 - Sponsor Memo

2009-S5613 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5613

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 21, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  STEWART-COUSINS -- 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 including special  act
  districts  as  an  entity  to obtain prior approval from the education
  department for variance in class size

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Subparagraph 1 of paragraph d of subdivision 2 of section
4402 of the education law, as amended by chapter  474  of  the  laws  of
1996, is amended to read as follows:
  1.  Notwithstanding  any  provision  of law, rule or regulation to the
contrary, the board of education  or  trustees  of  a  school  district,
except a city school district in a city with a population of one million
or  more  inhabitants OR A SPECIAL ACT SCHOOL DISTRICT may, upon written
notice to the commissioner in compliance with subparagraph two  of  this
paragraph  and  parental  notification,  for the remainder of the school
year exceed the standards established in regulation for  special  educa-
tion  class sizes for middle and secondary school students as defined by
the commissioner for purposes of this section by no more than  a  twenty
percent  increase above such standards, provided that the district is in
compliance with such standards at the start of classes in  September  of
the  school  year, and further provided that a city school district in a
city with a population of one hundred twenty-five thousand or  more  and
less  than  one  million  inhabitants  shall  have  the option of either
increasing maximum class sizes in  any  school  year  pursuant  to  this
section  or  establishing  class  sizes  for special classes for certain
students with disabilities in accordance with the provisions of subdivi-
sion six of this section.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately;  provided  however,  that
the  amendments  to  subparagraph  1  of paragraph d of subdivision 2 of
section 4402 of the education law made by section one of this act  shall
not  affect the repeal of such subparagraph and shall be deemed repealed
therewith.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

2009-S5613A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §4402, Ed L

2009-S5613A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that variance of class size by notification for the middle and secondary grades will no longer be permitted for special act school districts.

2009-S5613A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S5613A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 5613--A

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 21, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  STEWART-COUSINS -- read twice and ordered printed,
  and when printed to be committed to  the  Committee  on  Education  --
  recommitted  to  the  Committee on Education in accordance with Senate
  Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
  reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to amend the education law, in relation to providing that vari-
  ance of class size by notification for the middle and secondary grades
  will no longer be permitted for special act school districts

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Subparagraph 1 of paragraph d of subdivision 2 of section
4402 of the education law, as amended by chapter  474  of  the  laws  of
1996, is amended to read as follows:
  1.  Notwithstanding  any  provision  of law, rule or regulation to the
contrary, the board of education  or  trustees  of  a  school  district,
except a city school district in a city with a population of one million
or  more  inhabitants OR A SPECIAL ACT SCHOOL DISTRICT may, upon written
notice to the commissioner in compliance with subparagraph two  of  this
paragraph  and  parental  notification,  for the remainder of the school
year exceed the standards established in regulation for  special  educa-
tion  class sizes for middle and secondary school students as defined by
the commissioner for purposes of this section by no more than  a  twenty
percent  increase above such standards, provided that the district is in
compliance with such standards at the start of classes in  September  of
the  school  year, and further provided that a city school district in a
city with a population of one hundred twenty-five thousand or  more  and
less  than  one  million  inhabitants  shall  have  the option of either
increasing maximum class sizes in  any  school  year  pursuant  to  this
section  or  establishing  class  sizes  for special classes for certain
students with disabilities in accordance with the provisions of subdivi-
sion six of this section.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11981-02-0

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