Assembly Actions -
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Jan 06, 2016 |
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Senate Bill S6337
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 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
2015-S6337 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §4402, Ed L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2013-2014:
S6832
2017-2018: S1942, S7247
2019-2020: S1664
2015-S6337 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6337 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the education law, in relation to allowing school districts to opt children with an individualized education program out of the "common core standards" and certain testing PURPOSE : This bill will provide parents, legal guardians, or school districts the ability to opt children with individual education plans (I.E.P.) to opt-out of the common core standards and/or certain testing. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1. Section 4402 of the education law is amended by adding a new subdivision 9 to read as follows: 8. a. Any parent, legal guardian or school district may elect to opt a child with an established individualized education program (I.E.P.) out of any standardized test, including the "common core standards" or those tests administered pursuant to chapter one hundred three of the laws of two thousand ten. The school district shall be guided in its decision to exempt such child from such tests by the members of the committee which established the individualized education program.
2015-S6337 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6337 I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 6, 2016 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LATIMER -- 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 allowing school districts to opt children with an individualized education program out of the "common core standards" and certain testing THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 4402 of the education law is amended by adding a new subdivision 9 to read as follows: 9. A. ANY PARENT, LEGAL GUARDIAN OR SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY ELECT TO OPT A CHILD WITH AN ESTABLISHED INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PROGRAM (IEP) OUT OF ANY STANDARDIZED TEST, INCLUDING THE "COMMON CORE STANDARDS", OR THOSE TESTS ADMINISTERED PURSUANT TO CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED THREE OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND TEN. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL BE GUIDED IN ITS DECISION TO EXEMPT SUCH CHILD FROM SUCH TESTS BY THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE WHICH ESTABLISHED THE INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PROGRAM. B. THE DISTRICT, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE WHO ESTABLISHED THE INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PROGRAM OF A CHILD WHO IS OPTED-OUT OF A TEST SHALL NOTE IN THE RECORDS OF SUCH CHILD THE REASONS WHY THE CHILD WAS EXEMPTED FROM TAKING SUCH TEST AND SHALL ALSO IDENTIFY HOW THE CHILD SHALL BE TAUGHT, SUCH AS USING EXISTING NEW YORK STATE STANDARDS AND METHODOLOGIES, IN A MANNER THAT IS APPROPRIATE AND CONSISTENT WITH THE CHILD'S INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PROGRAM. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13248-01-5
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