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                                  1349--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2023
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BUTTENSCHON,  BARRETT,  BRAUNSTEIN, BRONSON,
   COLTON, COOK, CRUZ, DARLING, DICKENS, EPSTEIN, FAHY, HUNTER, JACOBSON,
   JONES,  LUNSFORD,  LUPARDO,  OTIS,   PAULIN,   PHEFFER AMATO,   REYES,
   L. ROSENTHAL,  ROZIC,  SANTABARBARA,  SAYEGH,  STIRPE, WALKER, WEPRIN,
   WOERNER, WILLIAMS, ZEBROWSKI, DE LOS SANTOS -- read once and  referred
   to  the  Committee  on  Education  --  recommitted to the Committee on
   Education in accordance with Assembly Rule  3,  sec.  2  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing a career
   and technical education diploma
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 818 to
 read as follows:
   §  818. CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PATHWAY TO A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLO-
 MA. 1. A. A CAREER AND TECHNICAL  EDUCATION  (CTE)  PATHWAY  TO  A  HIGH
 SCHOOL  DIPLOMA  IS  HEREBY  ESTABLISHED. A CTE PATHWAY TO A DIPLOMA, IF
 MADE AVAILABLE BY A SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL:
   (I) RESULT IN A REGENTS OR LOCAL DIPLOMA;
   (II) DIFFER FROM THE TRADITIONAL REQUIREMENTS TO A  REGENTS  OR  LOCAL
 DIPLOMA  WITH  RESPECT  TO  REQUIRED  ASSESSMENTS,  EXCEPT  AS OTHERWISE
 REQUIRED BY FEDERAL LAW;
   (III) BE MADE AVAILABLE TO ALL STUDENTS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO
 STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS.
   B. A CTE PATHWAY TO A DIPLOMA SHALL BE BASED  ON  A  COURSE  OF  STUDY
 DESIGNED  TO  PROVIDE  STUDENTS  WITH TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS AND
 SHALL DEMONSTRATE THAT THE STUDENT IS READY FOR A CAREER  AS  DETERMINED
 BY  REGULATIONS  OF  THE  COMMISSIONER. A CTE PATHWAY TO A DIPLOMA SHALL
 INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   (I) COMPLETION OF A CTE COURSE OF STUDY;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04944-02-4
              

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   (II) COMPLETION OF A THREE-PART TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT;
   (III) COMPLETION OF WORK-BASED LEARNING EXPERIENCES AS PROVIDED BY THE
 STATE APPROVED PROGRAM; AND
   (IV) COMPLETION OF A WORK-SKILLS EMPLOYABILITY PROFILE.
   C.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SECTION, A CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION
 SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, A COURSE OF STUDY IN THE FOLLOWING
 CAREER FIELDS: AGRICULTURE EDUCATION, BUSINESS AND MARKETING  EDUCATION,
 FAMILY  AND  CONSUMER  SCIENCES EDUCATION, HEALTH OCCUPATIONS EDUCATION,
 TECHNICAL EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGY  EDUCATION,  AND  TRADE  AND  INDUSTRIAL
 EDUCATION.
   2.  THE  BOARD  OF  REGENTS  SHALL  PROMULGATE SUCH REGULATIONS OF THE
 COMMISSIONER AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO ESTABLISH  THE  CURRICULUM,  ASSESS-
 MENTS  AND  ANY  OTHER  CRITERIA  THAT  STUDENTS  MUST ACHIEVE TO EARN A
 REGENTS OR LOCAL DIPLOMA VIA A CTE PATHWAY.
   3. STUDENTS FIRST ENTERING NINTH GRADE IN  THE  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-
 FOUR--TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-FIVE  SCHOOL  YEAR  AND  THEREAFTER SHALL BE
 ELIGIBLE TO EARN A DIPLOMA VIA A CTE PATHWAY  IF  MADE  AVAILABLE  BY  A
 SCHOOL DISTRICT.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately. Effective immediately,
 the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or  regulation  neces-
 sary  for  the  implementation  of  this  act  on its effective date are
 authorized to be made and completed on or before such date.