Assembly Bill A9568

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to bilingual education or English as a second language for certain students

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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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2013-A9568 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง3204, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A6863
2017-2018: A8572
2019-2020: A6632

2013-A9568 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to bilingual education or English as a second language for students identified as proficient in the English language.

2013-A9568 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  9568

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               May 7, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to bilingual education or
  English as a second language for certain students

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

  Section 1. Paragraph 3 of subdivision  2-a  of  section  3204  of  the
education  law,  as added by chapter 827 of the laws of 1982, is amended
to read as follows:
  3. Eligibility for such programs  shall  be  based  on  the  following
criteria.  (A) A pupil who by reason of foreign birth or ancestry speaks
a language other than English, and either understands and speaks  little
or  no  English,  or  who  has  been  identified by any English language
assessment instrument approved by the commissioner as a pupil of limited
English proficiency, shall receive a program of bilingual  education  or
English as a second language in accordance with standards established by
the commissioner. A pupil's proficiency in the English language shall be
measured  annually  by  such  language assessment instrument in order to
determine further participation in bilingual education or English  as  a
second  language program in accordance with standards established by the
commissioner, subject to the  provisions  of  subdivision  two  of  this
section. The parent or guardian of a pupil designated as limited English
proficient  shall  be  informed  by  the local school authorities of the
pupil's placement in an instructional program.
  (B) A PUPIL WHO IS IDENTIFIED AS PROFICIENT IN THE  ENGLISH  LANGUAGE,
AS  MEASURED BY THE ANNUAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT, SHALL
CONTINUE TO RECEIVE A PROGRAM OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION  OR  ENGLISH  AS  A
SECOND LANGUAGE FOR ONE ADDITIONAL YEAR DURING THE FOLLOWING SCHOOL YEAR
IF  SPECIFICALLY  REQUESTED IN WRITING BY THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN OF SUCH
PUPIL TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR BOARD OF COOP-
ERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES NO LATER THAN AUGUST FIRST  OF  THE  SCHOOL
YEAR.  THE  PARENT  OR  GUARDIAN OF THE PUPIL SHALL RECEIVE NOTIFICATION
FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES OF
THE RIGHT TO REQUEST THAT SUCH PUPIL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE  A  PROGRAM  OR

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

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