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A06594 Summary:

A06594 Actions:

A06594 Committee Votes:

Committee:EDUCATION   Chair:Benedetto      
DATE:06/05/2019AYE/NAY:27/2  Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means        
Benedetto
Aye
Walsh
Aye
Englebright
Aye
Ra
Aye
Arroyo
Aye
McDonough
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Lawrence
Nay
Paulin
Aye
Miller
Aye
Ramos
Aye
Mikulin
Nay
O'Donnell
Aye
Malliotakis
Aye
Titus
Aye
DiPietro
Absent
Lifton
Aye
Kim
Excused
Ryan
Aye
Mosley
Aye
Otis
Aye
Seawright
Aye
Jaffee
Aye
Hyndman
Aye
Bronson
Aye
Simon
Aye
Jean-Pierre
Aye
D'Urso
Aye
Taylor
Aye
Dickens
Aye
Joyner
Aye

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS   Chair:Weinstein      
DATE:06/14/2019AYE/NAY:30/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
Weinstein
Aye
Barclay
Excused
Lentol
Aye
Crouch
Aye
Schimminger
Aye
Fitzpatrick
Aye
Gantt
Excused
Hawley
Aye
Glick
Aye
Malliotakis
Aye
Nolan
Aye
Montesano
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Ra
Aye
Perry
Aye
Blankenbush
Aye
Colton
Aye
Palmesano
Aye
Cook
Excused
Norris
Aye
Cahill
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Thiele
Aye
Cusick
Aye
Ortiz
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Weprin
Aye
Rodriguez
Excused
Ramos
Excused
Braunstein
Aye
McDonald
Aye
Rozic
Aye
Simotas
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Miller
Aye

Committee:RULES   Chair:Gottfried      
DATE:06/17/2019AYE/NAY:26/0  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Excused
Kolb
Aye
Gottfried
Aye
Crouch
Aye
Lentol
Aye
Finch
Aye
Gantt
Excused
Barclay
Aye
Nolan
Excused
Raia
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Ortiz
Aye
Giglio
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Malliotakis
Aye
Cook
Aye
Glick
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Englebright
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Colton
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Perry
Aye
Paulin
Aye
Titus
Excused
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Lavine
Excused
Lupardo
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye

A06594 Floor Votes:

A06594 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          6594
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     March 12, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  D'URSO -- (at request of the State Education
          Department) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
 
        AN ACT to direct the commissioner of education to establish  a  regional
          secondary  school  advisory  council  to  make  recommendations on the
          establishment of regional secondary high schools;  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  regional secondary advisory council, which shall develop recommen-
     3  dations for legislative proposals for the establishment of regional high
     4  schools. Such advisory council shall be comprised of eleven members,  of
     5  whom,  two  shall  be appointed upon the recommendation of the governor,
     6  two shall be appointed upon the recommendation of the  temporary  presi-
     7  dent  of  the  senate, two shall be appointed upon the recommendation of
     8  the speaker of the assembly, one member of the board of  regents  and/or
     9  his  or her designee and the remaining members shall be either certified
    10  teachers, principals, superintendents from  rural,  urban  and  suburban
    11  school  districts  and/or  district superintendents of boards of cooper-
    12  ative educational services appointed by the commissioner  of  education.
    13  The  commissioner  of  education  shall  appoint a chair of the advisory
    14  council. The members of the advisory council shall represent the  diver-
    15  sity  of  school environments that exists throughout the state and shall
    16  have demonstrated experience with  expertise  in  one  or  more  of  the
    17  following  areas:  the  use  of regional educational services, teaching,
    18  administration in secondary schools, or regional transportation.
    19    2. The recommendations of the advisory council shall include, but  not
    20  be limited to:
    21    (a)  recommendations  for  legislative proposals to establish regional
    22  high schools in certain areas of the state;

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09300-01-9
        A. 6594                             2
 
     1    (b) best practices and model school district policies from  throughout
     2  the  state and nation relating to regional educational services that may
     3  be considered by the state and school  districts  in  implementation  of
     4  regional high schools;
     5    (c)  methods to use regional secondary programming to maximize student
     6  access to a wide range  of  curricular  opportunities  to  best  prepare
     7  students for post-secondary opportunities and the workforce;
     8    (d) recommendations for the delivery of regional educational services,
     9  including  tuition  reimbursement,  the  issuance of degrees in regional
    10  high schools when there are multiple  sending  districts,  the  role  of
    11  boards  of  cooperative  educational services, employees in the regional
    12  high schools; transportation issues, economic and  administrative  effi-
    13  ciencies  and  services  for  students  with  disabilities  and  English
    14  language learners;
    15    (e) partnerships with institutions of higher education and other rele-
    16  vant stakeholders for workforce opportunities in regional high  schools;
    17  and
    18    (f)  any other recommendations the council feels necessary to success-
    19  fully implement regional high schools in certain areas of this state.
    20    § 2. The members of the advisory council shall receive no compensation
    21  for their services, but shall be  allowed  their  actual  and  necessary
    22  expenses  incurred  in  the performance of their duties pursuant to this
    23  act, provided that the advisory council shall be authorized  to  conduct
    24  meetings  in  a  manner that minimizes travel and costs as determined by
    25  the commissioner of education.
    26    § 3. The advisory committee shall submit a final report of its  recom-
    27  mendations  to  the Board of Regents, the governor, the temporary presi-
    28  dent of the senate, the speaker of the assembly and the  chairs  of  the
    29  education  committees  in the assembly and senate on or before the first
    30  of October, two thousand twenty.
    31    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
    32  deemed repealed October 1, 2020.