Senate Bill S6510

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Authorizes the chancellor of the city district to control and operate certain specialized high schools in the city of New York

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee New York City Education Committee


  • 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-S6510 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8435
Current Committee:
Senate New York City Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§2590-a & 2590-h, Ed L; add §21-974.1, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S4015
2023-2024: S2492

2019-S6510 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the chancellor of the city district to control and operate certain specialized high schools in the city of New York and establishes a commission on middle school achievement; and provides for the repeal of certain provisions upon the expiration thereof.

2019-S6510 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S6510 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6510
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 14, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law and the  administrative  code  of  the
   city  of  New  York,  in relation to authorizing the chancellor of the
   city district to control and operate certain specialized high  schools
   in the city of New York and to establish a commission on middle school
   achievement;  and  providing for the repeal of certain provisions upon
   the expiration thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 2590-a of the education law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 11 to read as follows:
   11. SPECIALIZED HIGH SCHOOL ADMISSIONS TEST.   THE  TERM  "SPECIALIZED
 HIGH  SCHOOL  ADMISSIONS TEST" SHALL MEAN THE COMPETITIVE, OBJECTIVE AND
 SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT EXAMINATION REQUIRED FOR ADMISSION TO SPECIALIZED
 HIGH SCHOOLS PURSUANT TO SECTION TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED  NINETY-G  OF  THIS
 ARTICLE  IN  EFFECT PRIOR TO THE THIRTY-FIRST OF MARCH, NINETEEN HUNDRED
 NINETY-SEVEN.
   § 2. 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.
   (I)  The  [special] SPECIALIZED high schools shall include the present
 schools known as:
   (A) 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, BROOKLYN LATIN SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL
 FOR MATH, SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING AT CITY COLLEGE, HIGH SCHOOL FOR AMER-
 ICAN  STUDIES AT LEHMAN COLLEGE, QUEENS HIGH SCHOOL FOR SCIENCES AT YORK
 COLLEGE, AND STATEN ISLAND TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL; and

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13382-01-9
              

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