Assembly Bill A3909

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to improving educational outcomes for homeless school age children

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A3909 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S349
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3209, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A4604, S5036
2017-2018: A7923, S2106
2021-2022: A2400
2023-2024: A4338

2019-A3909 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to improving educational outcomes for homeless school age children.

2019-A3909 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3909
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 31, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. HYNDMAN, JEAN-PIERRE, DE LA ROSA -- Multi-Spon-
   sored by -- M. of A. CRESPO, SIMON -- read once and  referred  to  the
   Committee on Education
 
 AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to improving educational
   outcomes for homeless school age children

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  10  of  section 3209 of the education law is
 renumbered subdivision 12 and two new subdivisions 10 and 11  are  added
 to read as follows:
   10.  A.  BY JANUARY THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND ` TWENTY-ONE, AND EVERY
 ODD-NUMBERED YEAR THEREAFTER,  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  SUBMIT  TO  THE
 GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE A REPORT INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
   (1)  THE NUMBER OF IDENTIFIED HOMELESS SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN ENROLLED IN
 PUBLIC SCHOOLS;
   (2) THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE  AND  EDUCATIONAL  OUTCOMES  OF  HOMELESS
 SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING:
   (I) STUDENT SCORES ON THE STATEWIDE ADMINISTERED ACADEMIC ASSESSMENTS;
   (II) ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY;
   (III) DROPOUT RATES;
   (IV) FOUR-YEAR ADJUSTED GRADUATION RATE;
   (V) FIVE-YEAR ADJUSTED GRADUATION RATE;
   (VI) ABSENTEEISM RATES;
   (VII) TRUANCY RATES, IF AVAILABLE; AND
   (VIII) SUSPENSION AND EXPULSION DATA.
   B.  THE DATA REPORTED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH A OF THIS SUBDIVISION MUST
 INCLUDE STATE AND DISTRICT-LEVEL INFORMATION AND MUST  BE  DISAGGREGATED
 BY  AT  LEAST  THE  FOLLOWING  SUBGROUPS  OF SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN: WHITE,
 BLACK,  HISPANIC,  AMERICAN  INDIAN/ALASKAN   NATIVE,   ASIAN,   PACIFIC
 ISLANDER/HAWAIIAN  NATIVE,  LOW INCOME, TRANSITIONAL BILINGUAL, MIGRANT,
 SPECIAL EDUCATION, AND GENDER.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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