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S00972 Summary:
BILL NO | S00972 |
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SAME AS | SAME AS A00367 |
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SPONSOR | AVELLA |
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Amd §483-g, Soc Serv L; amd §2, Chap of 2016 (as proposed in S.7427-A & A.9902-A) | |
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Relates to the early childhood advisory council. |
S00972 Actions:
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01/05/2017 | REFERRED TO RULES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/09/2017 | ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/17/2017 | PASSED SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/17/2017 | DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/18/2017 | referred to children and families | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/13/2017 | substituted for a367 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/13/2017 | ordered to third reading cal.44 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/13/2017 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/13/2017 | returned to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/03/2017 | DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/15/2017 | SIGNED CHAP.14 |
S00972 Committee Votes:
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Abbate
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Crouch
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Goodell
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Lifton
Yes
O'Donnell
ER
Simanowitz
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Abinanti
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Curran
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Gottfried
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Lopez
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Ortiz
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Simon
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Arroyo
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Cusick
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Graf
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Lupardo
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Otis
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Simotas
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Aubry
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Cymbrowitz
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Gunther
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Lupinacci
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Palmesano
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Skartados
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Barclay
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Davila
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Harris
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Magee
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Palumbo
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Skoufis
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Barnwell
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De La Rosa
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Hawley
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Magnarelli
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Paulin
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Solages
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Barrett
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DenDekker
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Hevesi
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Malliotakis
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Peoples-Stokes
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Stec
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Barron
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Dickens
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Hikind
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Mayer
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Perry
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Steck
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Benedetto
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Dilan
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Hooper
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McDonald
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Pheffer Amato
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Stirpe
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Bichotte
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Dinowitz
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Hunter
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McDonough
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Pichardo
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Thiele
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Blake
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DiPietro
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Hyndman
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McKevitt
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Pretlow
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Titone
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Blankenbush
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D'Urso
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Jaffee
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McLaughlin
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Quart
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Titus
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Brabenec
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Englebright
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Jean-Pierre
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Miller B
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Ra
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Vanel
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Braunstein
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Errigo
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Jenne
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Miller MG
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Raia
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Walker
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Brindisi
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Fahy
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Johns
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Miller ML
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Ramos
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Wallace
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Bronson
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Farrell
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Jones
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Montesano
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Richardson
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Walsh
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Buchwald
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Finch
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Joyner
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Morelle
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Rivera
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Walter
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Butler
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Fitzpatrick
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Kavanagh
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Morinello
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Rodriguez
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Weinstein
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Byrne
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Friend
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Kearns
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Mosley
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Rosenthal
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Weprin
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Cahill
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Galef
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Kim
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Moya
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Rozic
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Williams
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Carroll
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Gantt
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Kolb
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Murray
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Ryan
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Woerner
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Castorina
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Garbarino
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Lalor
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Niou
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Santabarbara
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Wright
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Colton
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Giglio
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Lavine
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Nolan
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Schimminger
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Zebrowski
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Cook
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Gjonaj
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Lawrence
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Norris
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Seawright
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Mr. Speaker
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Crespo
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Glick
Yes
Lentol
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Oaks
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Sepulveda
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
S00972 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 972 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 5, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to the early child- hood advisory council; and to amend a chapter of the laws of 2016, amending the social services law relating to codifying the early childhood advisory council, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.7427-A and A.9902-A, in relation to the effectiveness thereof The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 483-g of the social services law, as added by a 2 chapter of the laws of 2016, amending the social services law relating 3 to codifying the early childhood advisory council, as proposed in legis- 4 lative bills numbers S.7427-A and A.9902-A, is amended to read as 5 follows: 6 § 483-g. Early childhood advisory council. 1. There is hereby estab- 7 lished within the council an early childhood advisory council to promote 8 a comprehensive and high quality early childhood system. Members of the 9 early childhood advisory council shall be appointed by the governor and 10 shall include, but not be limited to, to the maximum extent possible: 11 (a) a representative of the office of children and family services; 12 (b) a representative of the state education department; 13 (c) a representative of local educational agencies; 14 (d) a representative of institutions of higher education in the state; 15 (e) a representative of local providers of early childhood education 16 and development services; 17 (f) a representative of head start agencies, including migrant and 18 seasonal head start programs and Indian head start programs; 19 (g) the director of the head start collaboration office; 20 (h) a representative from the department of health; 21 (i) a representative of the office of temporary and disability assist- 22 ance; EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07074-01-7S. 972 2 1 (j) a representative of the office of mental health; 2 (k) a representative of the office for people with developmental disa- 3 bilities; 4 (l) a representative of the empire state development corporation; 5 (m) a representative of the division of the budget; 6 (n) at least five representatives of the business community; and 7 (o) representatives of other entities determined to be relevant by the 8 governor. 9 2. The governor shall also designate the two chairpersons to the early 10 childhood advisory council. 11 3. The early childhood advisory council shall, in addition to any 12 responsibilities assigned by the governor: 13 (a) conduct a periodic statewide needs assessment concerning the qual- 14 ity and availability of early childhood education and development 15 programs and services for children from birth to school entry, including 16 an assessment of the availability of high-quality pre-kindergarten 17 services for low-income children in the state; 18 (b) identify opportunities for, and barriers to, collaboration and 19 coordination among federally funded and state funded child development, 20 child care, and early childhood education programs and services, includ- 21 ing collaboration and coordination among state agencies responsible for 22 administering such programs; 23 (c) develop recommendations for increasing the overall participation 24 of children in existing federal, state, and local child care and early 25 childhood education programs, including outreach to underrepresented and 26 special populations; 27 (d) develop recommendations regarding the establishment of a unified 28 data collection system for public early childhood education and develop- 29 ment programs and services throughout the state; 30 (e) develop recommendations regarding statewide professional develop- 31 ment and career advancement plans for early childhood educators in the 32 state; 33 (f) assess the capacity and effectiveness of two-year and four-year 34 public and private institutions of higher education in the state toward 35 supporting the development of early childhood educators, including the 36 extent to which such institutions have in place articulation agreements, 37 professional development and career advancement plans, and practice or 38 internships for students to spend time in a head start or pre-kindergar- 39 ten program; 40 (g) develop and implement strategies to engage business and civic 41 leaders and organizations in early learning planning and advocacy at the 42 state and local level; 43 (h) increase business, civic and public awareness of the importance of 44 early childhood education, including, but not limited to, the distrib- 45 ution of literature through mail or online, organizing of meetings and 46 events to promote the cost benefit of investments in learning and the 47 hosting of an annual economic summit on early childhood investment; 48 (i) develop recommendations for increasing public-private investments 49 in early childhood and strategies for maximizing resources; and 50 (j) make recommendations for improvements in state early learning 51 standards and undertake efforts to develop high-quality comprehensive 52 early learning standards, as appropriate. 53 [3.] 4. Members of the early childhood advisory council shall serve on 54 workgroups tasked with implementing the duties required pursuant to 55 subdivision [two] three of this section. Such workgroups may be estab- 56 lished as needed, provided however that there shall be a permanent earlyS. 972 3 1 learning investment workgroup focused on implementation of, at a mini- 2 mum, the duties described in paragraphs (g), (h) and (i) of subdivision 3 [two] three of this section. Membership of the early learning investment 4 workgroup shall include, but not be limited to, representatives of the 5 business community appointed to the council in accordance with paragraph 6 (n) of subdivision one of this section. 7 [4.] 5. The early childhood advisory council shall hold public hear- 8 ings and provide an opportunity for public comment on the activities 9 described in subdivision [two] three of this section. 10 [5.] 6. The early childhood advisory council shall submit a statewide 11 strategic report addressing the activities described in subdivision 12 [two] three of this section to the director of the head start collab- 13 oration office, the governor, the speaker of the assembly and the tempo- 14 rary president of the senate. After submission of a statewide strategic 15 report, the early childhood advisory council shall meet periodically to 16 review any implementation of the recommendations in such report and any 17 changes in state and local needs. 18 § 2. Section 2 of a chapter of the laws of 2016, amending the social 19 services law relating to codifying the early childhood advisory council, 20 as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.7427-A and A.9902-A, is 21 amended to read as follows: 22 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately, provided that on the 23 effective date of this act incumbent members and co-chairs of the early 24 childhood advisory council shall continue to serve in their respective 25 roles. 26 § 3. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same 27 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2016, amending the social services 28 law relating to codifying the early childhood advisory council, as 29 proposed in legislative bills numbers S.7427-A and A.9902-A, takes 30 effect.