STATE OF NEW YORK
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2109--A
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 12, 2017
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Introduced by Sens. FELDER, HELMING, RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered
printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Educa-
tion -- recommitted to the Committee on Education in accordance with
Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said committee and
committed to the Committee on Finance -- committee discharged, bill
amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
tee
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing a career
and technical education diploma
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 817 to
2 read as follows:
3 § 817. Career and technical education pathway to a high school diplo-
4 ma. 1. a. A career and technical education (hereinafter referred to in
5 this section as CTE) pathway to a high school diploma is hereby estab-
6 lished. A CTE pathway to a diploma shall:
7 (i) result in a regents or local diploma;
8 (ii) differ from the traditional requirements to a regents or local
9 diploma with respect to required assessments;
10 (iii) be made available to all students, including, but not limited to
11 students with disabilities.
12 b. A CTE pathway to a diploma shall be based on curriculum and train-
13 ing designed to provide students with career, trade and technical skills
14 and shall demonstrate that the student is ready for a career or trade as
15 determined by regulations of the commissioner. A CTE pathway to a diplo-
16 ma shall include, but not be limited to:
17 (i) completion of a CTE sequence provided and administered by a busi-
18 ness practicing a particular trade or career, by a board of cooperative
19 educational services or any secondary education program approved by the
20 commissioner or by an institution of higher education;
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (ii) completion of work-based learning experiences as provided by the
2 approved program; and
3 (iii) completion of a work-skills employability profile.
4 c. For purposes of this section, a career and technical education
5 shall include, but not be limited to, courses of study in the following
6 career fields: agriculture education, business and marketing education,
7 family and consumer sciences education, health occupations education,
8 technical education, technology education, and trade and industrial
9 education.
10 2. The regents, in consultation with trade and professional organiza-
11 tions, shall promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to estab-
12 lish the curriculum, assessments and any other criteria that students
13 must achieve to earn a regents or local diploma via a CTE pathway.
14 3. Students who entered high school in the two thousand eighteen--two
15 thousand nineteen school year and thereafter shall be eligible to earn a
16 diploma via a CTE pathway.
17 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that effective
18 immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regu-
19 lation necessary for the timely implementation of this act on its effec-
20 tive date are authorized and directed to be made and completed on or
21 before such effective date.