Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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May 14, 2014 |
referred to education |
Senate Bill S7357
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 22nd 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
2013-S7357 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Education
- Law Section:
- Education
2013-S7357 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S7357 TITLE OF BILL: An act to establish a temporary commission on career technical education to examine and assess the feasibility and advis- ability of establishing a professional trade diploma for completion of a secondary education; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof PURPOSE: To create a commission to determine the practicality of creating a new professional trade high school diploma. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 establishes a temporary commission on career technical educa- tion to evaluate and make recommendations regarding the creation of a professional trade diploma upon completion of secondary education. The commission shall have particular focus on creating a diploma for students who successfully complete the necessary career technical educa- tion in a particular trade or career so as to qualify the student for employment in the field of study. Additionally, the commission will create circumstances for students to receive a professional trade diplo- ma without the student's completion of certain requirements for a regents or local diploma
2013-S7357 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7357 I N S E N A T E May 14, 2014 ___________ Introduced by Sen. FELDER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education AN ACT to establish a temporary commission on career technical education to examine and assess the feasibility and advisability of establishing a professional trade diploma for completion of a secondary education; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration there- of THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. A temporary commission on career technical education is hereby established to examine, evaluate and make recommendations concerning the feasibility and advisability of establishing a profes- sional trade diploma to be awarded upon completion of secondary educa- tion. Such commission shall review, with particular care, the practical- ity of establishing such a diploma for students who successfully complete a sequence of career technical education in a particular trade or career so as to qualify such student for employment in such trade or career. In addition, the commission shall provide for the awarding of a professional trade diploma without a student's completion of certain requirements for a regents or local diploma. S 2. The commission shall be composed of 13 members to be appointed as follows: (a) 5 members appointed by the governor, one of whom shall be desig- nated by the governor as the chair of the commission; (b) 2 members appointed by the temporary president of the senate; (c) 2 members appointed by the speaker of the assembly; (d) 1 member appointed by the minority leader of the senate; (e) 1 member appointed by the minority leader of the assembly; (f) 1 member appointed by the chair of the senate education committee; and (g) 1 member appointed by the chair of the assembly education commit- tee. Vacancies in the membership of the commission shall be filled in the manner provided for original appointments. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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