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S04031 Summary:
BILL NO | S04031B |
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SAME AS | SAME AS A08211-A |
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SPONSOR | JACKSON |
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COSPNSR | BIAGGI, KENNEDY, MAY, MYRIE, SALAZAR |
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MLTSPNSR | |
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Establishes a commission for the educational advancement of multilingual learners in New York. |
S04031 Actions:
BILL NO | S04031B | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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02/25/2019 | REFERRED TO FINANCE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/03/2019 | AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/03/2019 | PRINT NUMBER 4031A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/13/2019 | AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/13/2019 | PRINT NUMBER 4031B | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/18/2019 | COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/18/2019 | ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1543 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/18/2019 | PASSED SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/18/2019 | DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/19/2019 | referred to ways and means | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/20/2019 | substituted for a8211a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/20/2019 | ordered to third reading rules cal.563 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/20/2019 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/20/2019 | returned to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12/06/2019 | DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12/12/2019 | SIGNED CHAP.635 |
S04031 Committee Votes:
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Abbate
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Crespo
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Gantt
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LiPetri
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Perry
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Simon
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Abinanti
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Crouch
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Garbarino
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Lupardo
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Pheffer Amato
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Simotas
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Arroyo
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Cruz
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Giglio
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Magnarelli
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Pichardo
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Smith
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Ashby
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Cusick
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Glick
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Malliotakis
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Pretlow
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Smullen
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Aubry
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Cymbrowitz
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Goodell
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Manktelow
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Quart
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Solages
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Barclay
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Davila
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Gottfried
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McDonald
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Ra
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Stec
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Barnwell
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De La Rosa
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Griffin
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McDonough
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Raia
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Steck
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Barrett
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DenDekker
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Gunther
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McMahon
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Ramos
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Stern
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Barron
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DeStefano
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Hawley
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Mikulin
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Raynor
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Stirpe
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Benedetto
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Dickens
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Hevesi
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Miller B
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Reilly
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Tague
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Bichotte
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Dilan
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Hunter
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Miller MG
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Reyes
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Taylor
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Blake
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Dinowitz
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Hyndman
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Miller ML
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Richardson
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Thiele
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Blankenbush
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DiPietro
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Jacobson
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Montesano
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Rivera
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Titus
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Brabenec
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D'Urso
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Jaffee
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Morinello
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Rodriguez
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Vanel
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Braunstein
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Eichenstein
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Jean-Pierre
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Mosley
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Romeo
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Walczyk
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Bronson
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Englebright
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Johns
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Niou
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Rosenthal D
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Walker
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Buchwald
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Epstein
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Jones
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Nolan
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Rosenthal L
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Wallace
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Burke
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Fahy
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Joyner
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Norris
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Rozic
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Walsh
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Buttenschon
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Fall
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Kim
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O'Donnell
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Ryan
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Weinstein
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Byrne
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Fernandez
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Kolb
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Ortiz
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Salka
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Weprin
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Byrnes
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Finch
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Lalor
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Otis
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Santabarbara
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Williams
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Cahill
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Fitzpatrick
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Lavine
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Palmesano
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Sayegh
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Woerner
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Carroll
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Friend
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Lawrence
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Palumbo
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Schimminger
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Wright
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Colton
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Frontus
Yes
Lentol
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Paulin
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Schmitt
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Zebrowski
Yes
Cook
Yes
Galef
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Lifton
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Peoples-Stokes
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Seawright
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Mr. Speaker
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
S04031 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4031--B 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 25, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sens. JACKSON, BIAGGI, KENNEDY, MAY, MYRIE, SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to establish a commission for the educational advancement of multilingual learners in New York; 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. Commission established. (a) A commission, to be known as 2 the commission for the educational advancement of multilingual learners, 3 hereafter referred to as the commission, is hereby created to study and 4 prepare a report on the best practices and legislative recommendations 5 to close the achievement gap and high school graduation rates between 6 multilingual learners and their English proficient peers from prekinder- 7 garten through twelfth grade. The report will advise the legislature, 8 governor, board of regents, and New York state education officials on 9 the best practices, provide policy and legislative recommendations to 10 close the achievement gap; and the feasibility and cost to implement 11 such practices in schools. 12 (b) The commission shall be composed of eleven members, appointed as 13 follows: (i) two members shall be appointed by the governor; (ii) two 14 members shall be appointed by the speaker of the assembly; (iii) two 15 members shall be appointed by the temporary president of the senate; 16 (iv) one member shall be appointed by the minority leader of the assem- 17 bly; (v) one member shall be appointed by the minority leader of the 18 senate; (vi) two members shall be appointed by the chancellor of the 19 board of regents; and (vii) one member shall be the commissioner of the 20 New York state education department or appointed thereof who shall serve EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10122-06-9S. 4031--B 2 1 as chairperson of the commission. Vacancies in the membership of the 2 commission shall be filled within 30 days in the manner provided for 3 original appointments. 4 (c) The commission shall be made up of at least: (i) one education 5 professional who specializes in English to Speakers of Other Languages 6 and Bilingual Programs; (ii) one teacher who has experience working with 7 multilingual students; (iii) one education professional who has experi- 8 ence working with early childhood multilingual learners; (iv) one educa- 9 tion professional who has experience with multilingual newcomers and 10 high school graduation; and (v) one education professional who has 11 expertise in education equity of New York state students. 12 (d) The members of the commission shall receive no compensation for 13 their services, but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses 14 incurred in the performance of their duties hereunder. 15 § 2. Appointments to commission. The governor, the speaker of the 16 assembly, the temporary president of the senate, the minority leader of 17 the assembly, the minority leader of the senate, the chancellor of the 18 board of regents, and the commissioner of education shall submit their 19 appointments no later than 120 days after this act becomes a law. 20 § 3. Commission staff and agency liaison. The commissioner of educa- 21 tion shall designate such employees of the department of education as 22 are reasonably necessary to provide support services to the commission. 23 The commissioner of education shall appoint one or more representatives 24 of the department of education to serve as liaison between such depart- 25 ment and the commission. 26 § 4. Accomplishment of purpose. The commission shall be authorized and 27 empowered to undertake any studies, surveys or analyses it may deem 28 relevant. The commission shall meet and hold at least five public hear- 29 ings, pursuant to subdivision (a) of section one of this act, one in 30 each of the following regions of the state: Long Island, the city of New 31 York, the city of Buffalo, the city of Syracuse and the city of Yonkers. 32 § 5. Report on best practices and legislative recommendations. The 33 commission shall make a report of its findings, including any recommen- 34 dations for legislative action as it may deem necessary and appropriate, 35 to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of 36 the assembly, the chairperson of the senate committee on education, the 37 chairperson of the senate committee on New York City education, the 38 chairperson of the assembly committee on education, the board of 39 regents, and the commissioner of education no later than one year after 40 all appointments to the commission have been made. 41 § 6. This act shall take effect April 1, 2020 and shall expire and be 42 deemed repealed two years after such date, provided, however, that if 43 upon such date an appropriation to the education department for the 44 purposes of implementing section one of this act shall not have been 45 made, this act shall take effect on the forty-fifth day after such 46 appropriation is made and shall expire and be deemed repealed two years 47 after such date, provided further that the director of the budget shall 48 notify the legislative bill drafting commission upon the occurrence of 49 such appropriation in order that the commission may maintain an accurate 50 and timely effective data base of the official text of the laws of the 51 state of New York in furtherance of effectuating the provisions of 52 section 44 of the legislative law and section 70-b of the public offi- 53 cers law.