Assembly Bill A1930

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Adjusts state qualitative skill education assessment standards

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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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2023-A1930 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§669-e & 305, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A8208
2017-2018: A239
2019-2020: A3409
2021-2022: A6994

2023-A1930 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Adjusts state qualitative skill education assessment standards.

2023-A1930 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1930
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 23, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to adjusting state  qual-
   itative skill education assessment standards
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 669-e of the education law is amended by  adding  a
 new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
   6.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT AND THE BOARD OF
 EDUCATION,  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  QUALITATIVE  AND  QUANTITATIVE  SKILLS
 ASSESSMENTS OF STUDENTS' PERFORMANCE, STANDARDS REGARDING (A) WHAT GRADE
 LEVEL  STEM  EDUCATION IS INTRODUCED PRIOR TO HIGHER EDUCATION, (B) WHAT
 CONSTITUTES AN ACCEPTABLE CURRICULUM FOR STEM, AND (C) THE  CREATION  OF
 AN  EVALUATIVE  RUBRIC  TO  EXAMINE STUDENT AND TEACHER PROGRESS IN STEM
 FIELDS. THE BOARD AND DEPARTMENT ARE ALSO AUTHORIZED TO CREATE A CURRIC-
 ULUM FOR TRAINING TEACHERS  WHO  WILL  BE  ENGAGED  IN  STEM  FIELDS  TO
 ADEQUATELY  PREPARE  THEM  FOR STEM CURRICULUM IN THEIR CLASSROOMS. SUCH
 CURRICULUM MUST BE  MADE  AVAILABLE  TO  ALL  TEACHERS  RESPONSIBLE  FOR
 SCIENCE AND MATH COURSES IN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND ALL TEACH-
 ERS MUST HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRAIN UNDER NEW STEM STANDARDS.
   §  2.  Section  305  of  the  education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 60 to read as follows:
   60. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DIRECT THE  DEPARTMENT  AND  THE  BOARD  OF
 EDUCATION  TO  PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS REGARDING SCIENCE, TECH-
 NOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATH (STEM) EDUCATION  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION
 SIX OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-NINE-E OF THIS CHAPTER.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03374-01-3

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