A06777 Summary:
BILL NO | A06777 |
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SAME AS | SAME AS S05337 |
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SPONSOR | Nolan |
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COSPNSR | Russell, Arroyo, Colton, Cook, Fahy, Linares, Lifton, O'Donnell, Simon, Solages, Thiele, Otis, Gunther, Seawright, Abinanti, Englebright, Jaffee, Kim, Weinstein, Skoufis, Santabarbara, Brindisi, Skartados, Bronson, Titone, Duprey, McDonald, Lavine, Steck, Davila, Cahill, Malliotakis, Weprin, Jean-Pierre, Paulin, Hooper |
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MLTSPNSR | Brennan, Glick, Hevesi, Magee, Markey, Rivera, Walker |
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Add S319, Ed L | |
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Relates to providing parents with the right and authority to exempt their children from taking standardized assessments. |
A06777 Memo:
Go to topNEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)   BILL NUMBER: A6777 SPONSOR: Nolan (MS)
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to providing parents with the right and authority to exempt their children from taking standard- ized assessments   PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This bill reaffirms parents' authority to exempt their children from standardized assessments.   SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends the education law by adding a new section that reaf- firms a parent's authority to exempt their child from standardized assessments, require schools to offer exempted students alternative educational or enrichment programs and prohibits retaliation.   JUSTIFICATION: Parents are partners in their children's education. Recent changes to New York State's assessment system have caused many parents to question the use and benefit of standardized testing for the children. As part- ners in their children's education, parents must have the opportunity to participate in decisions about their children's academic program includ- ing assessment. This bill assures parents that opportunity. This legislation reaffirms parents' discretion and authority to exempt their children from standardized assessments but it neither supports nor opposes such exemption. In addition, the exemption from standardized assessments authorized by this bill should not extend to Regents exam- inations, as they are graduation requirements.   PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: New Bill   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None   EFFECTIVE DATE: Immediately
A06777 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6777 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY April 2, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. NOLAN, RUSSELL, ARROYO, BLAKE, COLTON, COOK, FAHY, KAMINSKY, LINARES, LIFTON, O'DONNELL, SCARBOROUGH, SILVER, SIMON, SOLAGES, THIELE, OTIS -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GLICK, HEVESI, MAGEE, MARKEY, MOSLEY, RIVERA, WALKER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to providing parents with the right and authority to exempt their children from taking standard- ized assessments The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 319 to 2 read as follows: 3 § 319. Student exemption from standardized assessments. 1. A parent of 4 a student or person in parental relationship to a student shall have the 5 right and authority to exempt such student from taking standardized 6 assessments, including but not limited to the state third grade through 7 eighth grade math and English language arts assessments, a state field 8 test assessment or a state assessment administered for purposes of, or 9 pursuant to, section three thousand twelve-c of this chapter. The parent 10 of a student or person in parental relationship to the student shall 11 notify the school principal in writing or other verifiable means, as 12 determined by the school district, at any time prior to the adminis- 13 tration of such assessment or assessments. 14 2. The school shall offer to students exempted by their parents or 15 persons in parental relation from a standardized assessment pursuant to 16 this section alternative educational or enrichment programs during the 17 time that such standardized assessment is administered. 18 3. There shall be no retaliation or other negative action against a 19 student, parent, teacher, principal or building administrator, school 20 building or school district in response to a parent's exemption of a 21 student from standardized assessments pursuant to this section. 22 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10087-02-5