Assembly Actions -
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Apr 07, 2014 |
held for consideration in education |
Jan 08, 2014 |
referred to education |
Jun 04, 2013 |
referred to education |
Assembly Bill A7778
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
RA
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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
co-Sponsors
Joseph Saladino
David DiPietro
Raymond Walter
Andrew Raia
multi-Sponsors
William A. Barclay
Jane Corwin
Clifford Crouch
Janet Duprey
2013-A7778 (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-A7778 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7778 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y June 4, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. RA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to directing the commis- sioner of education to establish performance standards for school districts for exemption from requirements mandated by the state THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 319 to read as follows: S 319. SCHOOL DISTRICT EXEMPTION FROM CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS; PERFORM- ANCE STANDARDS. THE COMMISSIONER IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO ESTABLISH A PROGRAM TO EXEMPT SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT MEET SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FROM CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS MANDATED BY THE STATE AND IMPOSED ON SCHOOL DISTRICTS PURSUANT TO CHAPTER FIFTY-SEVEN OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL: 1. ESTABLISH WHAT CATEGORIES WITHIN THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM SHALL BE USED FOR EVALUATING SCHOOL DISTRICT PERFORMANCE. SUCH CATEGORIES SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, TEST SCORES, STUDENT ATTENDANCE AND GRADUATION RATES; 2. ESTABLISH STANDARDS, CRITERIA AND LEVELS OF PERFORMANCE AND ACHIEVEMENT THAT A SCHOOL DISTRICT MUST MEET IN EACH SUCH CATEGORY IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR EXEMPTION FROM SUCH REQUIREMENTS; 3. NOTIFY EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE CATEGORIES ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION AND THE STANDARDS, CRITERIA AND LEVELS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION. SUCH NOTIFICATION SHALL BE MADE ANNUALLY AND IN A MANNER AND AT A TIME TO ALLOW SCHOOL DISTRICTS SUFFICIENT TIME FOR REVIEW PRIOR TO THE COMMENCE- MENT OF THE SCHOOL YEAR; 4. DETERMINE FROM WHICH REQUIREMENTS A SCHOOL DISTRICT MEETING SUCH STANDARDS, CRITERIA AND LEVELS SHALL BE EXEMPT; EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08762-01-3
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