Requires the commissioner to cause each school district to include an identifier on the student record of a military-connected student and to notify a classroom teacher of the enrollment of a military-connected student in any class taught by such teacher.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5483
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 2, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. BROOKS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to school district
requirements for military-connected students
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
2 subdivision 60 to read as follows:
3 60. For purposes of monitoring academic progress of military-connected
4 students, the commissioner shall cause each school district to: (a)
5 include an identifier on the student record of a military-connected
6 student, and (b) inform a classroom teacher of the enrollment of a mili-
7 tary-connected student in any class taught by such teacher. Each school
8 district shall include in the basic educational data system reports
9 (BEDS), the number of military-connected students enrolled in such
10 school district. For purposes of this subdivision, a "military-connect-
11 ed student" means a student enrolled in a public school in this state
12 who is a dependent of a member of the armed forces of the United States,
13 including but not limited to members of the National Guard and Reserve.
14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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