NY State Assembly Bill 2019-A8211

Assembly Bill A8211

Signed By Governor

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing a commission for the educational advancement of multilingual learners in New York

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via S4031 - Signed by Governor

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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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Dec 12, 2019	signed chap.635
Dec 06, 2019	delivered to governor
Jun 20, 2019	returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.563 substituted for a8211a
Jun 20, 2019	substituted by s4031b
Jun 18, 2019	ordered to third reading rules cal.563 rules report cal.563 reported reported referred to rules
Jun 17, 2019	reported referred to ways and means
Jun 14, 2019	print number 8211a
Jun 14, 2019	amend and recommit to education
Jun 07, 2019	referred to education

Votes

- Jun 18, 2019 - Floor Vote
  S4031
  
  58
  
  Aye
  
  4
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 18, 2019
      
      aye (58)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Amedore
      
      Antonacci
      
      Bailey
      
      Benjamin
      
      Biaggi
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brooks
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      Felder
      
      Flanagan
      
      Funke
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gaughran
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gounardes
      
      Griffo
      
      Harckham
      
      Helming
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Jacobs
      
      Jordan
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kaplan
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Lanza
      
      Liu
      
      Martinez
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Metzger
      
      Montgomery
      
      Myrie
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Thomas
      
      nay (4)
      
      Akshar
      
      LaValle
      
      Little
      
      Tedisco
  Jun 18, 2019 - Rules Committee Vote
  S4031
  
  16
  
  Aye
  
  1
  
  Nay
  
  2
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Rules Committee Vote: Jun 18, 2019
      
      aye (16)
      
      Benjamin
      
      Breslin
      
      Comrie
      
      Flanagan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Griffo
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Little
      
      Liu
      
      Martinez
      
      Parker
      
      Savino
      
      Seward
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      nay (1)
      
      LaValle
      
      aye wr (2)
      
      Lanza
      
      Robach

Bill Amendments

Original

A (Active)

2019-A8211 - Details

Law Section:: Education

2019-A8211 - Summary

Establishes a commission for the educational advancement of multilingual learners in New York.

2019-A8211 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8211
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 7, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ARROYO -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Education
 
 AN  ACT  to  establish  a  commission for the educational advancement of
   multilingual learners in New York; and providing  for  the  repeal  of
   such provisions upon expiration thereof

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Commission established. (a) A commission, to  be  known  as
 the commission for the educational advancement of multilingual learners,
 hereafter  referred to as the commission, is hereby created to study and
 prepare a report on the best practices and  legislative  recommendations
 to  close  the  achievement gap and high school graduation rates between
 multilingual learners and their English proficient peers from prekinder-
 garten through twelfth grade. The report will  advise  the  legislature,
 governor,  board  of  regents, and New York state education officials on
 the best practices, provide policy and  legislative  recommendations  to
 close  the  achievement  gap;  and the feasibility and cost to implement
 such practices in schools.
   (b) The commission shall be composed of eleven members,  appointed  as
 follows:  (i)  two  members shall be appointed by the governor; (ii) two
 members shall be appointed by the speaker of  the  assembly;  (iii)  two
 members  shall  be  appointed  by the temporary president of the senate;
 (iv) one member shall be appointed by the minority leader of the  assem-
 bly;  (v)  one  member  shall be appointed by the minority leader of the
 senate; (vi) two members shall be appointed by  the  chancellor  of  the
 board  of regents; and (vii) one member shall be the commissioner of the
 New York state education department or appointed thereof who shall serve
 as chairperson of the commission.  Vacancies in the  membership  of  the
 commission  shall be filled in the manner provided for original appoint-
 ments.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10122-05-9

 A. 8211                             2
 
   (c) The commission shall be made up of at  least:  (i)  one  education
 professional  who  specializes in English to Speakers of Other Languages
 and Bilingual Programs; (ii) one teacher who has experience working with
 multilingual students; (iii) one education professional who has  experi-
 ence working with early childhood multilingual learners; (iv) one educa-
 tion  professional  who  has  experience with multilingual newcomers and
 high school graduation; and  (v)  one  education  professional  who  has
 expertise in education equity of New York state students.
   (d)  The  members  of the commission shall receive no compensation for
 their services, but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses
 incurred in the performance of their duties hereunder.
   § 2. Appointments to commission. The  governor,  the  speaker  of  the
 assembly,  the temporary president of the senate, the minority leader of
 the assembly, the minority leader of the senate, the chancellor  of  the
 board  of  regents, and the commissioner of education shall submit their
 appointments no later than 120 days after this act becomes a law.
   § 3. Commission staff and agency liaison. The commissioner  of  educa-
 tion  shall  designate  such employees of the department of education as
 are reasonably necessary to provide support services to the  commission.
 The  commissioner of education shall appoint one or more representatives
 of the department of education to serve as liaison between such  depart-
 ment and the commission.
   § 4. Accomplishment of purpose. The commission shall be authorized and
 empowered  to  undertake  any  studies,  surveys or analyses it may deem
 relevant. The commission shall meet and hold at least five public  hear-
 ings,  pursuant  to  subdivision  (a) of section one of this act, one in
 each of the following regions of the state: Long Island, the city of New
 York, the city of Buffalo, the city of Syracuse and the city of Yonkers.
   § 5. Report on best practices  and  legislative  recommendations.  The
 commission  shall make a report of its findings, including any recommen-
 dations for legislative action as it may deem necessary and appropriate,
 to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the  speaker  of
 the  assembly, the chairperson of the senate committee on education, the
 chairperson of the senate committee on  New  York  City  education,  the
 chairperson  of  the  assembly  committee  on  education,  the  board of
 regents, and the commissioner of education no later than one year  after
 the effective date of this act.
   §  6. This act shall take effect April 1, 2020 and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed two years after such date, provided,  however,  that  if
 upon  such  date  an  appropriation  to the education department for the
 purposes of implementing section one of this act  shall  not  have  been
 made,  this  act  shall  take  effect  on the forty-fifth day after such
 appropriation is made and shall expire and be deemed repealed two  years
 after  such date, provided further that the director of the budget shall
 notify the legislative bill drafting commission upon the  occurrence  of
 such appropriation in order that the commission may maintain an accurate
 and  timely  effective data base of the official text of the laws of the
 state of New York in  furtherance  of  effectuating  the  provisions  of
 section  44  of the legislative law and section 70-b of the public offi-
 cers law.

2019-A8211A (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:: Education

2019-A8211A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a commission for the educational advancement of multilingual learners in New York.

2019-A8211A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8211--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 7, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ARROYO -- 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 establish a commission  for  the  educational  advancement  of
   multilingual  learners  in  New  York; and providing for the repeal of
   such provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Commission  established. (a) A commission, to be known as
 the commission for the educational advancement of multilingual learners,
 hereafter referred to as the commission, is hereby created to study  and
 prepare  a  report on the best practices and legislative recommendations
 to close the achievement gap and high school  graduation  rates  between
 multilingual learners and their English proficient peers from prekinder-
 garten  through  twelfth  grade. The report will advise the legislature,
 governor, board of regents, and New York state  education  officials  on
 the  best  practices,  provide policy and legislative recommendations to
 close the achievement gap; and the feasibility  and  cost  to  implement
 such practices in schools.
   (b)  The  commission shall be composed of eleven members, appointed as
 follows: (i) two members shall be appointed by the  governor;  (ii)  two
 members  shall  be  appointed  by the speaker of the assembly; (iii) two
 members shall be appointed by the temporary  president  of  the  senate;
 (iv)  one member shall be appointed by the minority leader of the assem-
 bly; (v) one member shall be appointed by the  minority  leader  of  the
 senate;  (vi)  two  members  shall be appointed by the chancellor of the
 board of regents; and (vii) one member shall be the commissioner of  the
 New York state education department or appointed thereof who shall serve
 as  chairperson  of the commission.   Vacancies in the membership of the
 commission shall be filled within 30 days in  the  manner  provided  for
 original appointments.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD10122-07-9

 A. 8211--A                          2
 
   (c)  The  commission  shall  be made up of at least: (i) one education
 professional who specializes in English to Speakers of  Other  Languages
 and Bilingual Programs; (ii) one teacher who has experience working with
 multilingual  students; (iii) one education professional who has experi-
 ence working with early childhood multilingual learners; (iv) one educa-
 tion  professional  who  has  experience with multilingual newcomers and
 high school graduation; and  (v)  one  education  professional  who  has
 expertise in education equity of New York state students.
   (d)  The  members  of the commission shall receive no compensation for
 their services, but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses
 incurred in the performance of their duties hereunder.
   § 2. Appointments to commission. The  governor,  the  speaker  of  the
 assembly,  the temporary president of the senate, the minority leader of
 the assembly, the minority leader of the senate, the chancellor  of  the
 board  of  regents, and the commissioner of education shall submit their
 appointments no later than 120 days after this act becomes a law.
   § 3. Commission staff and agency liaison. The commissioner  of  educa-
 tion  shall  designate  such employees of the department of education as
 are reasonably necessary to provide support services to the  commission.
 The  commissioner of education shall appoint one or more representatives
 of the department of education to serve as liaison between such  depart-
 ment and the commission.
   § 4. Accomplishment of purpose. The commission shall be authorized and
 empowered  to  undertake  any  studies,  surveys or analyses it may deem
 relevant. The commission shall meet and hold at least five public  hear-
 ings,  pursuant  to  subdivision  (a) of section one of this act, one in
 each of the following regions of the state: Long Island, the city of New
 York, the city of Buffalo, the city of Syracuse and the city of Yonkers.
   § 5. Report on best practices  and  legislative  recommendations.  The
 commission  shall make a report of its findings, including any recommen-
 dations for legislative action as it may deem necessary and appropriate,
 to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the  speaker  of
 the  assembly, the chairperson of the senate committee on education, the
 chairperson of the senate committee on  New  York  City  education,  the
 chairperson  of  the  assembly  committee  on  education,  the  board of
 regents, and the commissioner of education no later than one year  after
 all appointments to the commission have been made.
   §  6. This act shall take effect April 1, 2020 and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed two years after such date, provided,  however,  that  if
 upon  such  date  an  appropriation  to the education department for the
 purposes of implementing section one of this act  shall  not  have  been
 made,  this  act  shall  take  effect  on the forty-fifth day after such
 appropriation is made and shall expire and be deemed repealed two  years
 after  such date, provided further that the director of the budget shall
 notify the legislative bill drafting commission upon the  occurrence  of
 such appropriation in order that the commission may maintain an accurate
 and  timely  effective data base of the official text of the laws of the
 state of New York in  furtherance  of  effectuating  the  provisions  of
 section  44  of the legislative law and section 70-b of the public offi-
 cers law.

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