Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|
---|---|
Feb 16, 2012 |
referred to higher education |
Assembly Bill A9312
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
NOLAN
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- 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
Actions
co-Sponsors
Joan Millman
Brian Kavanagh
Barbara Clark
2011-A9312 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S5647
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Higher Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add ยง667-d, Ed L
2011-A9312 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 9312 I N A S S E M B L Y February 16, 2012 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. NOLAN -- (at request of the State Education Department) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to continuing early college high schools in the state THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Legislative intent. The Legislature hereby finds and declares it necessary to preserve and continue early college high schools in the State that provide various students, including those traditionally underrepresented in post-secondary education, with the opportunity to access college-level courses and college degree credits at the high school level with the combined support of high school and college staff and resources. The early college high school program not only increases these students' access to higher education, but also reduces potential costs for these students in completing college degrees by allowing them to either complete a degree upon graduation from high school or to apply their earned college credits towards a Baccalaureate's degree. This innovative program provides incentives to high school students to proceed to college and to earn a college degree by accelerating their overall completion of such a degree. It also better prepares them for college-level coursework, which, will in turn, increase their academic performance. Ultimately, this program increases graduation rates both at the high school and college levels. The Legislature hereby finds and declares it necessary to provide funding for these schools to ensure that they continue in operation and continue to provide students with these valuable services. Although early college high schools are public high schools, the cost of provid- ing college-level courses, including the costs of instruction at a part- nering college and college-level books and materials, exceeds the costs of a traditional public school. At the same time, the Legislature recognizes that accelerating the completion of a student's college degree at the high school level will result in a student requiring less tuition assistance funds (TAP) to complete their degree at the post-sec- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
Comments
Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.
Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.
Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.