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S06589 Summary:

BILL NOS06589
 
SAME ASSAME AS A09064
 
SPONSORESPAILLAT
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd SS2590-g & 2590-h, Ed L
 
Authorizes the board of education of the city school district of the city of New York to establish standards for admission to special high schools.
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S06589 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          6589
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                      March 1, 2012
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by Sen. ESPAILLAT -- 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 admission to a special
          high school in the city school district of the city of New York
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 2590-g of the  education  law,  as
     2  amended  by  chapter  345  of  the  laws  of 2009, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    4. subject to the provisions of section twenty-five  hundred  ninety-i
     5  of  this  article, maintain such jurisdiction over city-wide educational
     6  policies governing the special, academic,  vocational,  and  other  high
     7  schools  authorized  by  this article [before the effective date of this
     8  section] as the respective community district education  councils  main-
     9  tain  over  the  schools  within  their jurisdiction, which shall not be
    10  construed to require or authorize  the  day-to-day  supervision  or  the
    11  administration  of  the  operations of such schools.  Provided, further,
    12  the city board shall establish procedures and standards for  the  admis-

    13  sion  to  the  special  high schools of the city district, including the
    14  grade point averages of  applicants,  personal  statements  of  interest
    15  submitted  by  applicants and such other factors as the city board shall
    16  determine to be necessary.
    17    § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 2590-g of the education law, as  amended
    18  by chapter 720 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
    19    4.  subject  to the provisions of section twenty-five hundred ninety-i
    20  of this article, maintain such jurisdiction over policies governing  the
    21  special,  academic, vocational and other high schools authorized by this
    22  article [before the effective date of this section]  as  the  respective
    23  community  boards  maintain  over the schools within their jurisdiction,
    24  which shall not be construed to  require  or  authorize  the  day-to-day

    25  supervision  or  the  administration  of the operations of such schools.
    26  Provided, further, the city board shall establish procedures and  stand-
    27  ards for the admission to the special high schools of the city district,
    28  including the grade point averages of applicants, personal statements of
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13571-01-1

        S. 6589                             2
 
     1  interest  submitted  by  applicants  and  such other factors as the city
     2  board shall determine to be necessary.
     3    § 3. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 2590-h of the education

     4  law,  as  amended by chapter 345 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read
     5  as follows:
     6    (b) all specialized senior high  schools.  The  special  high  schools
     7  shall include the present schools known as:
     8    The  Bronx  High  School  of Science, Stuyvesant High School, Brooklyn
     9  Technical High School, Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School  of  Music  and
    10  the Arts in the borough of Manhattan, and such further schools which the
    11  city board may designate from time to time. The special schools shall be
    12  permitted  to maintain a discovery program in accordance with the law in
    13  effect on the date preceding the effective date of this section[; admis-
    14  sions to the special schools shall be conducted in accordance  with  the
    15  law in effect on the date preceding the effective date of this section];

    16    § 4. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 2590-h of the education
    17  law,  as  amended by chapter 720 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read
    18  as follows:
    19    (b) all specialized senior high  schools.  The  special  high  schools
    20  shall include the present schools known as:
    21    The  Bronx  High  School  of Science, Stuyvesant High School, Brooklyn
    22  Technical High School, Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School  of  Music  and
    23  the Arts in the borough of Manhattan, and such further schools which the
    24  city board may designate from time to time. The special schools shall be
    25  permitted  to maintain a discovery program in accordance with the law in
    26  effect on the date preceding the effective date of this section[; admis-
    27  sions to the special schools shall be conducted in accordance  with  the

    28  law in effect on the date preceding the effective date of this section];
    29    §  5. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding
    30  the date on which it shall have become a law, except that  sections  two
    31  and  four  of  this  act  shall take effect on the same date as sections
    32  2590-g and 2590-h of the education law expire  and  revert  pursuant  to
    33  chapter  345  of  the  laws  of  2009,  as  amended, when upon such date
    34  sections one and three of this act shall be deemed  repealed;  provided,
    35  further,  that effective immediately, any actions necessary to implement
    36  the provisions of this act on its  effective  date  are  authorized  and
    37  directed to be completed on or before such date.
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