NY State Senate Bill 2017-S8503

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Jun 06, 2018	print number 8503a
Jun 06, 2018	amend (t) and recommit to education
May 09, 2018	referred to education

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2017-S8503 - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§2590-g & 2590-h, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: S6589
2013-2014: S1827
2015-2016: S1787
2019-2020: S1415
2021-2022: S3037
2023-2024: S5765

2017-S8503 - Summary

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

2017-S8503 - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S8503

SPONSOR: PARKER
 
TITLE OF BILL:

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

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

The purpose of this bill is to allow special high schools in cities with
a population of one million or more to establish standards for admission
to designated specialized high schools

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 2590-g of the education law is
amended to read:

4. Provided, further, the city board shall establish procedures and

standards for the admission to the special high schools of the city
district, including the grade point averages of applicants, personal
statements of interest submitted by applicants and such other factors as
the city board shall determine to be necessary.

§ 2. Subdivision 2 of section 2590-g of the education law is amended to
read as follows: Provided further, the city board shall establish proce-
dures and standards for the admission to the special high schools of the
city district including the grade point averages of applicants, personal
statements of interest submitted by the applicants and such other
factors as the city board shall determine to be necessary

§ 5. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding
the date on which it shall have become a law, except that sections two
and four of this act shall take effect on the same date as sections
2590-g-end 2509-h of the education law expire and revert pursuant to
chapter 354 of the laws of 2009, as amended, when upon such date
sections one and three of this act shall be deemed repealed, provided,
further, that effective immediately any actions necessary to implement
the provisions of this act on its effective date are authorized and
directed to be completed on or before such date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Students seeking admission into one of New York City specialized high
schools must take the SHSAT. The results of this exam are the only
factor considered for student admission, not grade point average, writ-
ten statements or letters of recommendation. It is astounding that these
high schools can use such antiquated measures of evaluation. Methods
that research proves are not accurate measures of student performance,
capability or intellect. The MAT is a snap shot of the student and more
accurately measures their test taking ability than their worthiness of
admission into NYC elite public high schools.

Furthermore, using this test as the sole basis for admission further
exacerbates the racial gap persistent in the enrollment of these
schools. Combined white and Asian students account for 70 percent of the
students admitted to these schools, conversely Black and Hispanic chil-
dren make up 72 percent of citywide enrollment in the public school
system but only account for 11 percent of the student enrollment at
these institutions. Research has consistently shown that minorities
perform worse on standardized test than their white counterparts.

However, these students are no less capable or intelligent. There has
been much research dedicated to the racial gap in standardized testing,
it exists. Our elite colleges and universities use other measures in
addition to the SAT for admission. It is only logical that New York City
stop relying on the test only for admission and formulate a more common
sense policy.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2013-2014: S.1827/A.4204A - Referred to Education
2011-2012:  S.9064/A9064 - Referred to Education
2015-2016: S.1787/A.6379A - Referred to Education

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding the
date on which it shall have become a law, except that sections two and
four of this act shall take effect on the same date as sections 2590-g
and 2509-h of the education law expire and revert pursuant to chapter
354 of the laws of 2009, as amended, when upon such date sections one
and three of this act shall be deemed repealed, provided, further, that
effective immediately any actions necessary to implement the provisions
of this act on its effective date are authorized and directed to be

2017-S8503 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8503
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 9, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- 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 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

 S. 8503                             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.

2017-S8503A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§2590-g & 2590-h, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: S6589
2013-2014: S1827
2015-2016: S1787
2019-2020: S1415
2021-2022: S3037
2023-2024: S5765

2017-S8503A (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2017-S8503A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S8503A

SPONSOR: PARKER
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the education law, in relation to admission to the
specialized high schools in the city of New York

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

The purpose of this bill is to allow special high schools in cities with
a population of one million or more to establish standards for admission
to designated specialized high schools

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 2590-g of the education law is
amended to read:

4. Provided, further, the city board shall establish procedures and
standards for the admission to the special high schools of the city

district, including the grade point averages of applicants, personal
statements of interest submitted by applicants and such other factors as
the city board shall determine to be necessary.

2. Subdivision 2 of section 2590-g of the education law is amended to
read as follows: Provided further, the city board shall establish proce-
dures and standards for the admission to the special high schools of the
city district including the grade point averages of applicants, personal
statements of interest submitted by the applicants and such other
factors as the city board shall determine to be necessary

§ 5. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding
the date on which it shall have become a law, except that sections two
and four of this act shall take effect on the same date as sections
2590-g-end 2509-h of the education law expire and revert pursuant to
chapter 354 of the laws of 2009, as amended, when upon such date
sections one and three of this act shall be deemed repealed, provided,
further, that effective immediately any actions necessary to implement
the provisions of this act on its effective date are authorized and
directed to be completed on or before such date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Students seeking admission into one of New York City specialized high
schools must take the SHSAT. The results of this exam are the only
factor considered for student admission, not grade point average, writ-
ten statements or letters of recommendation. It is astounding that these
high schools can use such antiquated measures of evaluation. Methods
that research proves are not accurate measures of student performance,
capability or intellect. The MAT is a snap shot of the student and more
accurately measures their test taking ability than their worthiness of
admission into NYC elite public high schools.  Furthermore, using this
test as the sole basis for admission further exacerbates the racial gap
persistent in the enrollment of these schools. Combined white and Asian
students account for 70 percent of the students admitted to these
schools, conversely Black and Hispanic children make up 72 percent of
citywide enrollment in the public school system but only account for 11
percent of the student enrollment at these institutions. Research has
consistently shown that minorities perform worse on standardized test
than their white counterparts.

However, these students are no less capable or intelligent. There has
been much research dedicated to the racial gap in standardized testing,
it exists. Our elite colleges and universities use other measures in
addition to the SAT for admission. It is only logical that New York City
stop relying on the test only for admission and formulate a more common
sense policy.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2013-2014: S.1827/A.4204A - Referred to Education
2011-2012:  S.9064/A9064 - Referred to Education
2015-2016: S.1787/A.6379A - Referred to Education

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding the
date on which it shall have become a law, except that sections two and
four of this act shall take effect on the same date as sections 2590-g
and 2509-h of the education law expire and revert pursuant to chapter
354 of the laws of 2009, as amended, when upon such date sections one
and three of this act shall be deemed repealed, provided, further, that
effective immediately any actions necessary to implement the provisions
of this act on its effective date are authorized and directed to be

2017-S8503A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8503--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 9, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed 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;
   § 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[:]
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00247-05-8

 S. 8503--A                          2
 
   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.
   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:

 S. 8503--A                          3
 
   (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
 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

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 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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Senate Bill S8503

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Kevin S. Parker

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee

Bill Amendments

2017-S8503 - Details

2017-S8503 - Summary

2017-S8503 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S8503 - Bill Text download pdf

2017-S8503A (ACTIVE) - Details

2017-S8503A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-S8503A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S8503A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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