Directs the commissioner of education to establish a regional secondary school advisory council and for such council to make recommendations regarding the establishment of regional high schools; provides for the repeal thereof.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6485
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 24, 2017
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Introduced by Sen. MARCELLINO -- (at request of the State Education
Department) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be
committed 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.
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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 using 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 eighteen.
31 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
32 deemed repealed October 1, 2018.
