NY State Assembly Bill 2017-A10427A

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jun 06, 2018	reported referred to rules
Jun 01, 2018	print number 10427a
Jun 01, 2018	amend (t) and recommit to education
Apr 20, 2018	referred to education

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2017-A10427 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S8503
Current Committee:: Assembly Rules
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §2590-h, add §2590-h-1, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: A9064, S6589
2013-2014: A4204, S1827
2015-2016: A6379, S1787
2019-2020: A2173, S1415
2021-2022: S3037
2023-2024: S5765

2017-A10427 - Summary

Relates to admission to a special high school in the city of New York.

2017-A10427 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10427
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 20, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. BARRON, BLAKE, DAVILA, MONTESANO, ORTIZ, PERRY,
   SIMON, STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to admission to a special
   high school in the city school district in a city having a  population
   of one million or more
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 2590-g of the  education  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  345  of  the  laws  of 2009, is amended to read as
 follows:
   4. subject to the provisions of section twenty-five  hundred  ninety-i
 of  this  article, maintain such jurisdiction over city-wide educational
 policies governing the special, academic,  vocational,  and  other  high
 schools  authorized  by  this article [before the effective date of this
 section] as the respective community district education  councils  main-
 tain  over  the  schools  within  their jurisdiction, which shall not be
 construed to require or authorize  the  day-to-day  supervision  or  the
 administration  of  the  operations of such schools.  PROVIDED, FURTHER,
 THE CITY BOARD SHALL ESTABLISH PROCEDURES AND STANDARDS FOR ADMISSION TO
 THE SPECIAL HIGH SCHOOLS OF THE CITY DISTRICT, WHICH  SHALL  CONSIST  OF
 MULTIPLE MEASURES OF STUDENT MERIT INCLUDING THE GRADE POINT AVERAGES OF
 APPLICANTS,  CULMINATED  STUDENT  PORTFOLIO, TEACHER RECOMMENDATIONS AND
 SUCH OTHER FACTORS AS THE CITY BOARD SHALL DETERMINE TO BE NECESSARY.
   § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 2590-g of the education law, as added by
 chapter 720 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
   4. subject to the provisions of section twenty-five  hundred  ninety-i
 of  this article, maintain such jurisdiction over policies governing the
 special, academic, vocational and other high schools authorized by  this
 article  [before  the  effective date of this section] as the respective
 community boards maintain over the schools  within  their  jurisdiction,
 which  shall  not  be  construed  to require or authorize the day-to-day
 supervision or the administration of the  operations  of  such  schools.
 PROVIDED,  FURTHER, THE CITY BOARD SHALL ESTABLISH PROCEDURES AND STAND-
 ARDS FOR ADMISSION TO THE SPECIAL HIGH SCHOOLS  OF  THE  CITY  DISTRICT,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00247-01-7

 A. 10427                            2
 
 WHICH  SHALL CONSIST OF MULTIPLE MEASURES OF STUDENT MERIT INCLUDING THE
 GRADE POINT AVERAGES OF APPLICANTS, CULMINATED STUDENT PORTFOLIO, TEACH-
 ER RECOMMENDATIONS AND SUCH OTHER FACTORS AS THE CITY BOARD SHALL DETER-
 MINE TO BE NECESSARY.
   § 3. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 2590-h of the education
 law,  as  amended by chapter 345 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read
 as follows:
   (b) all specialized [senior] high schools. The  special  high  schools
 shall include the present schools known as:
   The  Bronx  High  School  of Science, Stuyvesant High School, Brooklyn
 Technical High School, Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School  of  Music  and
 the  Arts  in  the  borough  of Manhattan, and such [further] ADDITIONAL
 schools which the city board  may  designate  from  time  to  time.  The
 special  schools  shall  be permitted to maintain a discovery program in
 accordance with the law in effect on the date  preceding  the  effective
 date  of  this  section[;  admissions  to  the  special schools shall be
 conducted in accordance with the law in effect on the date preceding the
 effective date of this section];
   § 4. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 2590-h of the education
 law, as amended by chapter 720 of the laws of 1996, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   (b)  all  specialized  [senior] high schools. The special high schools
 shall include the present schools known as:
   The Bronx High School of Science,  Stuyvesant  High  School,  Brooklyn
 Technical  High  School,  Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music and
 the Arts in the borough of  Manhattan,  and  such  [further]  ADDITIONAL
 schools  which  the  city  board  may  designate  from time to time. The
 special schools shall be permitted to maintain a  discovery  program  in
 accordance  with  the  law in effect on the date preceding the effective
 date of this section[;  admissions  to  the  special  schools  shall  be
 conducted in accordance with the law in effect on the date preceding the
 effective date of this section];
   §  5. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding
 the date on which it shall have become a law; provided that  the  amend-
 ments  to  subdivision 4 of section 2590-g of the education law, made by
 sections one and two of this act, shall apply  to  the  Stuyvesant  high
 school,  the  Bronx  high school of science, the Brooklyn technical high
 school, the Staten Island technical high school, the Queens high  school
 for  the  sciences  at  York  college,  the high school for mathematics,
 science and engineering at City college, the high  school  for  American
 studies at Lehman college, the Brooklyn Latin school, and all additional
 schools  that  the board of education of the city school district of the
 city of New York designates as special high schools, not  including  the
 Fiorello  H.  LaGuardia  high  school  of  music and the arts; provided,
 further, that the amendments to subdivision  4  of  section  2590-g  and
 paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision 1 of section 2590-h of the education law
 made by sections one and three of this act shall be subject to the expi-
 ration and reversion of such sections pursuant to section 34 of  chapter
 91  of  the laws of 2002, as amended and subdivision 12 of section 17 of
 chapter 345 of the laws of 2009, as amended respectively when upon  such
 date  the  provisions  of  sections  two and four of this act shall take
 effect.

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2017-A10427A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S8503
Current Committee:: Assembly Rules
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §2590-h, add §2590-h-1, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: A9064, S6589
2013-2014: A4204, S1827
2015-2016: A6379, S1787
2019-2020: A2173, S1415
2021-2022: S3037
2023-2024: S5765

2017-A10427A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to admission to a special high school in the city of New York.

2017-A10427A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                 10427--A
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 20, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. BARRON, BLAKE, DAVILA, MONTESANO, PERRY, SIMON,
   STECK, PICHARDO, COOK, HOOPER, TAYLOR,  RIVERA,  PRETLOW,  DE LA ROSA,
   TITUS,  DICKENS,  WRIGHT,  VANEL,  BICHOTTE,  JOYNER, SOLAGES, ARROYO,
   WOERNER, THIELE, FERNANDEZ, ERRIGO, ESPINAL, WEPRIN, MOSLEY, GOTTFRIED
   -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education  law, in relation to admission to the
   specialized high schools in the city of New York
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.    Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 2590-h of the
 education law, as amended by chapter 345 of the laws of 2009, is amended
 to read as follows:
   (b) all specialized [senior] high schools. The  [special]  SPECIALIZED
 high schools shall include the [present] schools known as[:]
   The  Bronx  High  School  of Science, Stuyvesant High School, Brooklyn
 Technical High School, Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of  Music  [and
 the  Arts  in  the  borough of Manhattan] & ART AND PERFORMING ARTS, and
 such [further] ADDITIONAL schools [which the city board  may  designate]
 AS  MAY BE DESIGNATED BY THE CHANCELLOR from time to time. The [special]
 SPECIALIZED HIGH schools shall be  permitted  to  maintain  a  discovery
 program  in  accordance with the law in effect on the date preceding the
 effective date of this section; PROVIDED THAT  THE  REQUIREMENT  THAT  A
 STUDENT  WHO  IS  CONSIDERED FOR THE DISCOVERY PROGRAM ATTEND AND PASS A
 PREPARATORY PROGRAM ADMINISTERED BY THE SPECIALIZED HIGH SCHOOL,  DEMON-
 STRATING  THEREBY  HIS  OR  HER  ABILITY  TO  SUCCESSFULLY COPE WITH THE
 SPECIALIZED HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM, SHALL REFER TO A PROGRAM THAT CAN  TAKE
 PLACE  DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR OR THE SUMMER; admissions to the [special]
 SPECIALIZED HIGH schools shall be conducted in accordance with [the  law
 in  effect  on  the  date  preceding the effective date of this] section
 TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED NINETY-H-L OF THIS ARTICLE;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00247-04-8

 A. 10427--A                         2
 
   § 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 2590-h of the education
 law, as amended by chapter 720 of the laws of 1996, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   (b)  all  specialized [senior] high schools. The [special] SPECIALIZED
 high schools shall include the [present] schools known as[:]
   The Bronx High School of Science,  Stuyvesant  High  School,  Brooklyn
 Technical  High  School, Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music [and
 the Arts in the borough of Manhattan] & ART  AND  PERFORMING  ARTS,  and
 such  [further]  ADDITIONAL schools [which the city board may designate]
 AS MAY BE DESIGNATED BY THE CHANCELLOR from time to time. The  [special]
 SPECIALIZED  HIGH  schools  shall  be  permitted to maintain a discovery
 program in accordance with the law in effect on the date  preceding  the
 effective  date  of  this  section; PROVIDED THAT THE REQUIREMENT THAT A
 STUDENT WHO IS CONSIDERED FOR THE DISCOVERY PROGRAM ATTEND  AND  PASS  A
 PREPARATORY  PROGRAM ADMINISTERED BY THE SPECIALIZED HIGH SCHOOL, DEMON-
 STRATING THEREBY HIS OR  HER  ABILITY  TO  SUCCESSFULLY  COPE  WITH  THE
 SPECIALIZED  HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM, SHALL REFER TO A PROGRAM THAT CAN TAKE
 PLACE DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR OR THE SUMMER; admissions to the  [special]
 SPECIALIZED  HIGH schools shall be conducted in accordance with [the law
 in effect on the date preceding the  effective  date  of  this]  section
 TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED NINETY-H-1 OF THIS ARTICLE;
   §  3. The education law is amended by adding a new section 2590-h-1 to
 read as follows:
   § 2590-H-1. ADMISSIONS TO THE SPECIALIZED HIGH SCHOOLS.  1. ADMISSIONS
 TO THE SPECIALIZED HIGH SCHOOLS SHALL BE CONDUCTED  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH
 THIS  SECTION,  PROVIDED  THAT  STUDENTS  MAY  ALSO  BE  ADMITTED TO THE
 SPECIALIZED HIGH SCHOOLS FOR THE  TWO  THOUSAND  NINETEEN--TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY AND THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE SCHOOL YEARS
 PURSUANT  TO  THE  DISCOVERY PROGRAM AS SET FORTH IN SECTION TWENTY-FIVE
 HUNDRED NINETY-H OF THIS ARTICLE.
   2. FOR THE ADMISSIONS PROCESS CONDUCTED DURING THE TWO THOUSAND  EIGH-
 TEEN--TWO  THOUSAND  NINETEEN SCHOOL YEAR TO DETERMINE ADMISSIONS TO THE
 SPECIALIZED HIGH SCHOOLS FOR THE  TWO  THOUSAND  NINETEEN--TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY  SCHOOL  YEAR,  STUDENTS  WHO MEET THE CRITERIA SET FORTH IN THIS
 SUBDIVISION SHALL BE OFFERED ADMISSION TO THE SPECIALIZED  HIGH  SCHOOLS
 IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER:
   (A)  STUDENTS ATTENDING PUBLIC SCHOOLS LOCATED IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
 WHO ARE IN THE TOP THREE PERCENT OF THEIR EIGHTH GRADE CLASS, AS  CALCU-
 LATED  BASED  ON  MULTIPLE  MEASURES  OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT PURSUANT TO
 SUBDIVISION FIVE OF THIS SECTION, AND  WHO  ACHIEVE  A  COMPOSITE  SCORE
 ABOVE  OR  AT  THE  CUT-OFF COMPOSITE SCORE FOR THE SCHOOL SUCH STUDENTS
 HAVE COMMITTED THEMSELVES TO ATTEND, PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION  FIVE  OF
 THIS  SECTION,  PROVIDED  THAT  SUCH STUDENTS SHALL ALSO RANK IN THE TOP
 QUARTER OF PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE EIGHTH GRADE CITYWIDE BASED  ON
 SUCH MULTIPLE MEASURES OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT
 OPENINGS  SHALL  BE  RESERVED FOR SUCH STUDENTS AT EACH SPECIALIZED HIGH
 SCHOOL AS SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF THIS SECTION;
   (B) STUDENTS IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK WHO TAKE A COMPETITIVE, OBJECTIVE
 AND SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT EXAMINATION IN THE EIGHTH GRADE AND ACHIEVE A
 SCORE ABOVE OR AT THE CUT-OFF SCORE FOR THE OPENINGS THAT REMAIN IN  THE
 SCHOOL FOR WHICH SUCH STUDENTS HAVE TAKEN THE EXAMINATION; AND
   (C) STUDENTS IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK WHO TAKE A COMPETITIVE, OBJECTIVE
 AND  SCHOLASTIC EXAMINATION IN THE NINTH GRADE AND ACHIEVE A SCORE ABOVE
 OR AT THE CUT-OFF SCORE FOR THE OPENINGS THAT REMAIN IN THE  SCHOOL  FOR
 WHICH SUCH STUDENTS HAVE TAKEN THE EXAMINATION.

 A. 10427--A                         3
 
   3.  FOR THE ADMISSIONS PROCESS CONDUCTED DURING THE TWO THOUSAND NINE-
 TEEN--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY SCHOOL YEAR TO  DETERMINE  ADMISSIONS  TO  THE
 SPECIALIZED HIGH SCHOOLS FOR THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY--TWO THOUSAND TWEN-
 TY-ONE  SCHOOL  YEAR,  STUDENTS  WHO MEET THE CRITERIA SET FORTH IN THIS
 SUBDIVISION  SHALL  BE OFFERED ADMISSION TO THE SPECIALIZED HIGH SCHOOLS
 IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER:
   (A) STUDENTS ATTENDING PUBLIC SCHOOLS LOCATED IN THE CITY OF NEW  YORK
 WHO  ARE  IN THE TOP FIVE PERCENT OF THEIR EIGHTH GRADE CLASS, AS CALCU-
 LATED BASED ON MULTIPLE MEASURES  OF  STUDENT  ACHIEVEMENT  PURSUANT  TO
 SUBDIVISION  FIVE  OF  THIS  SECTION,  AND WHO ACHIEVE A COMPOSITE SCORE
 ABOVE OR AT THE CUT-OFF COMPOSITE SCORE FOR  THE  SCHOOL  SUCH  STUDENTS
 HAVE COMMITTED THEMSELVES TO ATTEND PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FIVE OF THIS
 SECTION,  PROVIDED THAT SUCH STUDENTS SHALL ALSO RANK IN THE TOP QUARTER
 OF PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE EIGHTH GRADE  CITYWIDE  BASED  ON  SUCH
 MULTIPLE  MEASURES  OF  STUDENT  ACHIEVEMENT,  AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT
 OPENINGS SHALL BE RESERVED FOR SUCH STUDENTS AT  EACH  SPECIALIZED  HIGH
 SCHOOL AS SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF THIS SECTION;
   (B) STUDENTS IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK WHO TAKE A COMPETITIVE, OBJECTIVE
 AND SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT EXAMINATION IN THE EIGHTH GRADE AND ACHIEVE A
 SCORE  ABOVE OR AT THE CUT-OFF SCORE FOR THE OPENINGS THAT REMAIN IN THE
 SCHOOL FOR WHICH SUCH STUDENTS HAVE TAKEN THE EXAMINATION; AND
   (C) STUDENTS IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK WHO TAKE A COMPETITIVE, OBJECTIVE
 AND SCHOLASTIC EXAMINATION IN THE NINTH GRADE AND ACHIEVE A SCORE  ABOVE
 OR  AT  THE CUT-OFF SCORE FOR THE OPENINGS THAT REMAIN IN THE SCHOOL FOR
 WHICH SUCH STUDENTS HAVE TAKEN THE EXAMINATION.
   4. FOR THE ADMISSIONS PROCESS CONDUCTED DURING THE TWO THOUSAND  TWEN-
 TY--TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-ONE SCHOOL YEAR AND SUBSEQUENT SCHOOL YEARS TO
 DETERMINE ADMISSIONS TO THE SPECIALIZED HIGH SCHOOLS FOR THE  TWO  THOU-
 SAND  TWENTY-ONE--TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-TWO  SCHOOL  YEAR AND SUBSEQUENT
 SCHOOL YEARS, STUDENTS WHO MEET THE CRITERIA SET FORTH IN THIS  SUBDIVI-
 SION  SHALL  BE OFFERED ADMISSION TO THE SPECIALIZED HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE
 FOLLOWING ORDER:
   (A) STUDENTS ATTENDING PUBLIC SCHOOLS LOCATED IN THE CITY OF NEW  YORK
 WHO  ARE  IN  THE TOP FIVE TO SEVEN PERCENT OF THEIR EIGHTH GRADE CLASS,
 SUCH PERCENTAGE TO BE DETERMINED TO ALLOW OPENINGS TO REMAIN FOR  ADMIS-
 SION  PURSUANT  TO  PARAGRAPH  (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION AND AS CALCULATED
 BASED ON MULTIPLE MEASURES OF STUDENT  ACHIEVEMENT,  DETERMINED  AS  SET
 FORTH  IN  SUBDIVISION FIVE OF THIS SECTION, AND WHO ACHIEVE A COMPOSITE
 SCORE ABOVE OR AT THE  CUT-OFF  COMPOSITE  SCORE  FOR  THE  SCHOOL  SUCH
 STUDENTS HAVE COMMITTED THEMSELVES TO ATTEND, DETERMINED AS SET FORTH IN
 SUBDIVISION FIVE OF THIS SECTION, PROVIDED THAT SUCH STUDENTS SHALL ALSO
 RANK  IN  THE  TOP QUARTER OF PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE EIGHTH GRADE
 CITYWIDE BASED ON SUCH MULTIPLE MEASURES  OF  STUDENT  ACHIEVEMENT,  AND
 PROVIDED  FURTHER  THAT  OPENINGS SHALL BE RESERVED FOR SUCH STUDENTS AT
 EACH SPECIALIZED HIGH SCHOOL AS SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION SEVEN  OF  THIS
 SECTION; AND
   (B)  STUDENTS  IN  THE CITY OF NEW YORK WHO HAVE A MINIMUM GRADE POINT
 AVERAGE OF 3.7, PROVIDED SUCH STUDENTS SHALL BE  ADMITTED  BY  A  RANDOM
 SELECTION PROCESS FOR THE OPENINGS THAT REMAIN IN EACH SCHOOL.
   5.  THE  CHANCELLOR  SHALL  DETERMINE THE MULTIPLE MEASURES OF STUDENT
 ACHIEVEMENT AS REFERENCED IN THIS SECTION, AND THE WEIGHT OF  EACH  SUCH
 MEASURE,  PROVIDED  THAT  SUCH  MEASURES  SHALL  INCLUDE ACADEMIC COURSE
 GRADES AND STANDARDIZED TEST SCORES. A DESCRIPTION OF SUCH MEASURES  AND
 THE  WEIGHT ACCORDED TO EACH SHALL BE MADE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE, INCLUDING
 ON THE WEBSITE OF THE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. A STUDENT WHO  IS  EVALUATED
 BASED  ON  SUCH  MEASURES  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE

 A. 10427--A                         4
 
 ASSIGNED A COMPOSITE SCORE BASED ON SUCH WEIGHTED  MEASURES.  OFFERS  OF
 ADMISSION  TO  THE SPECIALIZED HIGH SCHOOLS PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF
 SUBDIVISIONS TWO THROUGH FOUR OF THIS SECTION  SHALL  BE  DETERMINED  BY
 ARRANGING  THE  COMPOSITE  SCORES  OF ALL STUDENTS WHO ARE ASSIGNED SUCH
 SCORES AND WHO THEN COMMIT THEMSELVES TO ATTEND A PARTICULAR SPECIALIZED
 HIGH SCHOOL IN DESCENDING ORDER FROM THE HIGHEST SCORE AND COUNTING DOWN
 TO THE CUT-OFF COMPOSITE SCORE, WHICH SHALL BE THE  COMPOSITE  SCORE  OF
 THE LAST STUDENT WHO RECEIVES AN OFFER OF ADMISSION TO SUCH SCHOOL BASED
 ON  THE  NUMBER  OF  OPENINGS  AVAILABLE IN SUCH SCHOOL PURSUANT TO SUCH
 PARAGRAPH.
   6. OFFERS OF ADMISSION TO THE SPECIALIZED  HIGH  SCHOOLS  PURSUANT  TO
 PARAGRAPHS  (B)  AND  (C)  OF SUBDIVISIONS TWO AND THREE OF THIS SECTION
 SHALL BE DETERMINED BY ARRANGING THE SCORES OF ALL  THE  CANDIDATES  WHO
 TOOK  THE COMPETITIVE, OBJECTIVE AND SCHOLASTIC EXAMINATION AND WHO THEN
 COMMIT THEMSELVES TO ATTEND A  PARTICULAR  SPECIALIZED  HIGH  SCHOOL  IN
 DESCENDING ORDER FROM THE HIGHEST SCORE AND COUNTING DOWN TO THE CUT-OFF
 SCORE,  WHICH  SHALL  BE THE SCORE OF THE LAST CANDIDATE WHO RECEIVES AN
 OFFER OF ADMISSION TO SUCH SCHOOL BASED ON THE NUMBER OF OPENINGS AVAIL-
 ABLE IN SUCH SCHOOL.
   7. THE NUMBER OF OPENINGS RESERVED AT EACH SPECIALIZED HIGH SCHOOL FOR
 STUDENTS WHO MEET THE CRITERIA SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPH  (A)  OF  SUBDIVI-
 SIONS  TWO THROUGH FOUR OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE DETERMINED BY MULTIPLY-
 ING: (A) THE TOTAL NUMBER OF NINTH  GRADE  AVAILABLE  OPENINGS  AT  SUCH
 SCHOOL; BY (B) THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO MEET THE CRITERIA SET FORTH IN
 PARAGRAPH  (A)  OF SUBDIVISIONS TWO THROUGH FOUR OF THIS SECTION DIVIDED
 BY THE AGGREGATE NUMBER OF NINTH GRADE AVAILABLE  OPENINGS  IN  ALL  THE
 SPECIALIZED HIGH SCHOOLS.
   8.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  PROVISION  TO THE CONTRARY, ADMISSION TO THE
 FIORELLO H.  LAGUARDIA HIGH SCHOOL OF MUSIC & ART AND  PERFORMING  ARTS,
 AND  OTHER  SCHOOLS  OF  THE  ARTS  THAT  MAY BE ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO
 SECTION TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED NINETY-H OF THIS ARTICLE,  SHALL  BE  DETER-
 MINED BY A STUDENT'S DEMONSTRATED ABILITIES IN MUSIC OR THE ARTS AS WELL
 AS SUCH STUDENT'S SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT.
   §  4.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
 the amendments to paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of  section  2590-h  of
 the  education  law  made by section one of this act shall be subject to
 the expiration and reversion of such section pursuant to subdivision  12
 of  section  17 of chapter 345 of the laws of 2009, as amended when upon
 such date the provisions of section two of this act shall take effect.

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Assembly Bill A10427A

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2017-A10427 - Details

2017-A10427 - Summary

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

Bill Amendments

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Michael Blake

Maritza Davila

Michael Montesano

N. Nick Perry

2017-A10427 - Details

2017-A10427 - Summary

2017-A10427 - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

Michael Blake

Maritza Davila

N. Nick Perry

Jo Anne Simon

2017-A10427A (ACTIVE) - Details

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