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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         5509--C
            Cal. No. 952
 
                               2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                      May 16, 2013
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by Sen. YOUNG -- (at request of the Legislative Commission on
          Rural  Resources)  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed
          to be committed to the Committee on Education  --  reported  favorably
          from said committee, ordered to first report, amended on first report,

          ordered  to a second report and ordered reprinted, retaining its place
          in the order of second report  --  recommitted  to  the  Committee  on
          Education  in  accordance  with  Senate  Rule  6,  sec. 8 -- committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee  --  reported  favorably  from  said  committee  and
          committed  to the Committee on Finance -- reported favorably from said
          committee, ordered to first and second  report,  ordered  to  a  third
          reading,  amended  and  ordered  reprinted, retaining its place in the
          order of third reading
 
        AN ACT to direct the commissioner of education to  establish  an  online
          learning  advisory committee to make recommendations on establishing a
          statewide online and blended learning program; 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:
 
     1    Section 1. 1. The commissioner of education shall establish  a  tempo-
     2  rary  online  learning  advisory council which shall develop recommenda-
     3  tions relating to a statewide online and blended learning network.  Such
     4  advisory  council  shall  be  composed of 11 members of whom two members
     5  shall be appointed upon the recommendation of the governor, two  members
     6  shall be appointed upon the recommendation of the temporary president of
     7  the  senate,  two  members shall be appointed upon the recommendation of
     8  the speaker of the assembly and the remaining members shall be certified
     9  teachers, principals and superintendents from rural, urban and  suburban
    10  school districts appointed by the commissioner of education. The commis-

    11  sioner shall appoint a chair of the advisory council. The members of the
    12  advisory  council  shall  represent the diversity of school environments
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  throughout the state and have demonstrated experience with expertise  in
     2  one  or more of the following areas: development, programming and use of
     3  online technology and blended learning for education in public  schools,
     4  delivery  of online education in rural communities, regional educational
     5  services, teaching with online and blended learning program  and  insti-
     6  tutions  of higher learning that train teachers about online and blended

     7  educational instruction.
     8    2. The recommendations of the advisory council shall include, but  not
     9  be limited to:
    10    (a)  guidance  for  use  of  a  statewide  online and blended learning
    11  network;
    12    (b) best practices and model school district policies from  throughout
    13  the  state  and  nation  that  may  be considered by school districts in
    14  implementation of an  online  and  blended  learning  program  including
    15  broadband access;
    16    (c) academic programming suited for online and blended learning;
    17    (d) partnerships with institutions of higher education and other rele-
    18  vant  stakeholders  for workforce opportunities using online and blended
    19  learning; and
    20    (e) a review of teaching and  professional  development  policies  and
    21  practices.
    22    § 2. The members of the advisory council shall receive no compensation

    23  for  their  services,  but  shall  be allowed their actual and necessary
    24  expenses incurred in the performance of their duties  pursuant  to  this
    25  act,  provided  that the advisory council shall be authorized to conduct
    26  meetings in a manner that minimizes travel and costs  as  determined  by
    27  the commissioner of education.
    28    §  3. The advisory committee shall submit a final report of its recom-
    29  mendations to the governor, the temporary president of the  senate,  the
    30  speaker  of  the  assembly and the chairs of the education committees in
    31  the assembly and senate on or before October 1, 2015.
    32    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
    33  deemed repealed October 1, 2015.