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Senate Bill S5707
2017-2018 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
co-Sponsors
(D) 14th Senate District
(D, WF) 28th Senate District
(D) 19th Senate District
(D) 32nd Senate District
2017-S5707 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A7816
- Current Committee:
- Senate Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §112, Ed L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2009-2010:
S5268
2011-2012: S330
2013-2014: S1372
2015-2016: S1791
2019-2020: S734, A8660
2021-2022: S4067, A1814
2023-2024: S3413, A1516
2017-S5707 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5707 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the education law, in relation to requiring schools to accept credits for educational programs at office of children and family services facilities as transfer credits PURPOSE OF BILL : To provide for the transfer of coursework credits from OCFS operated educational programs to local schools. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : Section one adds a new subdivision 1-a to Education Law § 112 to state that credits awarded by educational programs in facilities operated by OCFS shall be accepted as transfer credits by any school within New York State. Section two provides for an immediate effective date. JUSTIFICATION : OCFS operates schools for the youth who are placed in their care. The children who dedicate themselves to obtaining an education from these facilities are often consolidated because the local school district they are assigned to after they leave OCFS custody will very often refuse to accept the educational credits they earned from the OCFS facility. Currently, principals of hundreds of local schools are asked
2017-S5707 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5707 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E April 26, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sens. MONTGOMERY, COMRIE, KRUEGER, PERSAUD -- 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 requiring schools to accept credits for educational programs at office of children and family services facilities as transfer credits THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 112 of the education law is amended by adding a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows: 1-A. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, CRED- ITS AWARDED BY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS PROVIDED BY FACILITIES OPERATED BY THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES SHALL BE ACCEPTED AS TRANSFER CREDITS BY ANY SCHOOL WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07251-02-7
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