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                                  9064

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 20, 2012
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Introduced by M. of A. CAMARA -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to admission to a special
  high school in the city school district of the city of New York

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 2590-g of the  education  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  345  of  the  laws  of 2009, is amended to read as
follows:
  4. subject to the provisions of section twenty-five  hundred  ninety-i
of  this  article, maintain such jurisdiction over city-wide educational
policies governing the special, academic,  vocational,  and  other  high
schools  authorized  by  this article [before the effective date of this
section] as the respective community district education  councils  main-
tain  over  the  schools  within  their jurisdiction, which shall not be
construed to require or authorize  the  day-to-day  supervision  or  the
administration  of  the  operations of such schools.  PROVIDED, FURTHER,
THE CITY BOARD SHALL ESTABLISH PROCEDURES AND STANDARDS FOR  THE  ADMIS-
SION  TO  THE  SPECIAL  HIGH SCHOOLS OF THE CITY DISTRICT, INCLUDING THE
GRADE POINT AVERAGES OF  APPLICANTS,  PERSONAL  STATEMENTS  OF  INTEREST
SUBMITTED  BY  APPLICANTS AND SUCH OTHER FACTORS AS THE CITY BOARD SHALL
DETERMINE TO BE NECESSARY.
  S 2. Subdivision 4 of section 2590-g of the education law, as  amended
by chapter 720 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
  4.  subject  to the provisions of section twenty-five hundred ninety-i
of this article, maintain such jurisdiction over policies governing  the
special,  academic, vocational and other high schools authorized by this
article [before the effective date of this section]  as  the  respective
community  boards  maintain  over the schools within their jurisdiction,
which shall not be construed to  require  or  authorize  the  day-to-day
supervision  or  the  administration  of the operations of such schools.
PROVIDED, FURTHER, THE CITY BOARD SHALL ESTABLISH PROCEDURES AND  STAND-
ARDS FOR THE ADMISSION TO THE SPECIAL HIGH SCHOOLS OF THE CITY DISTRICT,
INCLUDING THE GRADE POINT AVERAGES OF APPLICANTS, PERSONAL STATEMENTS OF

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

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INTEREST  SUBMITTED  BY  APPLICANTS  AND  SUCH OTHER FACTORS AS THE CITY
BOARD SHALL DETERMINE TO BE NECESSARY.
  S 3. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 2590-h of the education
law,  as  amended by chapter 345 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read
as follows:
  (b) all specialized senior high  schools.  The  special  high  schools
shall include the present schools known as:
  The  Bronx  High  School  of Science, Stuyvesant High School, Brooklyn
Technical High School, Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School  of  Music  and
the Arts in the borough of Manhattan, and such further schools which the
city board may designate from time to time. The special schools shall be
permitted  to maintain a discovery program in accordance with the law in
effect on the date preceding the effective date of this section[; admis-
sions to the special schools shall be conducted in accordance  with  the
law in effect on the date preceding the effective date of this section];
  S 4. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 2590-h of the education
law,  as  amended by chapter 720 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read
as follows:
  (b) all specialized senior high  schools.  The  special  high  schools
shall include the present schools known as:
  The  Bronx  High  School  of Science, Stuyvesant High School, Brooklyn
Technical High School, Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School  of  Music  and
the Arts in the borough of Manhattan, and such further schools which the
city board may designate from time to time. The special schools shall be
permitted  to maintain a discovery program in accordance with the law in
effect on the date preceding the effective date of this section[; admis-
sions to the special schools shall be conducted in accordance  with  the
law in effect on the date preceding the effective date of this section];
  S  5. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding
the date on which it shall have become a law, except that  sections  two
and  four  of  this  act  shall take effect on the same date as sections
2590-g and 2590-h of the education law expire  and  revert  pursuant  to
chapter  345  of  the  laws  of  2009,  as  amended, when upon such date
sections one and three of this act shall be deemed  repealed;  provided,
further,  that effective immediately, any actions necessary to implement
the provisions of this act on its  effective  date  are  authorized  and
directed to be completed on or before such date.