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May 13, 2015 |
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Senate Bill S5337
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C) 53rd 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
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
(R) Senate District
2015-S5337 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A6777
- Current Committee:
- Senate Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add ยง319, Ed L
- Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
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S222, A6359
2015-S5337 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S5337 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to providing parents with the right and authority to exempt their children from taking standardized assessments PURPOSE: This bill reaffirms parents' authority to exempt their chil- dren from standardized assessments. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends the education law by adding a new section that reaf- firms a parent's authority to exempt their child from standardized assessments, require schools to offer exempted students alternative educational or enrichment programs and prohibits retaliation. JUSTIFICATION: Parents are partners in their children's education. Recent changes to New York State's assessment system have caused many parents to question the use and benefit of standardized testing for children. As partners in their children's education, parents must have the opportunity to participate in decisions about their children's academic program including assessment. This bill assures parents that opportunity. This legislation reaffirms parents' discretion and authority to exempt their children from standardized assessments but it neither supports nor
2015-S5337 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5337 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 13, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to providing parents with the right and authority to exempt their children from taking standard- ized assessments 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. STUDENT EXEMPTION FROM STANDARDIZED ASSESSMENTS. 1. A PARENT OF A STUDENT OR PERSON IN PARENTAL RELATIONSHIP TO A STUDENT SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT AND AUTHORITY TO EXEMPT SUCH STUDENT FROM TAKING STANDARDIZED ASSESSMENTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE STATE THIRD GRADE THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE MATH AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS ASSESSMENTS, A STATE FIELD TEST ASSESSMENT OR A STATE ASSESSMENT ADMINISTERED FOR PURPOSES OF, OR PURSUANT TO, SECTION THREE THOUSAND TWELVE-C OF THIS CHAPTER. THE PARENT OF A STUDENT OR PERSON IN PARENTAL RELATIONSHIP TO THE STUDENT SHALL NOTIFY THE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL IN WRITING OR OTHER VERIFIABLE MEANS, AS DETERMINED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO THE ADMINIS- TRATION OF SUCH ASSESSMENT OR ASSESSMENTS. 2. THE SCHOOL SHALL OFFER TO STUDENTS EXEMPTED BY THEIR PARENTS OR PERSONS IN PARENTAL RELATION FROM A STANDARDIZED ASSESSMENT PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION ALTERNATIVE EDUCATIONAL OR ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS DURING THE TIME THAT SUCH STANDARDIZED ASSESSMENT IS ADMINISTERED. 3. THERE SHALL BE NO RETALIATION OR OTHER NEGATIVE ACTION AGAINST A STUDENT, PARENT, TEACHER, PRINCIPAL OR BUILDING ADMINISTRATOR, SCHOOL BUILDING OR SCHOOL DISTRICT IN RESPONSE TO A PARENT'S EXEMPTION OF A STUDENT FROM STANDARDIZED ASSESSMENTS PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10087-02-5
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