STATE OF NEW YORK
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7983
IN SENATE
March 16, 2018
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Introduced by Sens. BAILEY, STAVISKY -- 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 expanding the discov-
ery program to all of New York City's specialized high schools
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 2590-h of the
2 education law, as amended by chapter 345 of the laws of 2009, is amended
3 to read as follows:
4 (b) all specialized senior high schools. The special high schools
5 shall include the present schools known as:
6 The Bronx High School of Science, Stuyvesant High School, Brooklyn
7 Technical High School, Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music and
8 the Arts in the borough of Manhattan, The Brooklyn Latin School, High
9 School for Mathematics Science and Engineering at The City College of
10 New York, High School of American Studies at Lehman College, Queens High
11 School for the Sciences at York College, Staten Island Technical High
12 School, and such further schools which the city board may designate from
13 time to time. The special schools shall [be permitted to] maintain a
14 discovery program in accordance with the law in effect on the date
15 preceding the effective date of this section; admissions to the special
16 schools shall be conducted in accordance with the law in effect on the
17 date preceding the effective date of this section;
18 § 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 2590-h of the education
19 law, as amended by chapter 720 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read
20 as follows:
21 (b) all specialized senior high schools. The special high schools
22 shall include the present schools known as:
23 The Bronx High School of Science, Stuyvesant High School, Brooklyn
24 Technical High School, Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music and
25 the Arts in the borough of Manhattan, The Brooklyn Latin School, High
26 School for Mathematics Science and Engineering at The City College of
27 New York, High School of American Studies at Lehman College, Queens High
28 School for the Sciences at York College, Staten Island Technical High
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 School, and such further schools which the city board may designate from
2 time to time. The special schools shall [be permitted to] maintain a
3 discovery program in accordance with the law in effect on the date
4 preceding the effective date of this section; admissions to the special
5 schools shall be conducted in accordance with the law in effect on the
6 date preceding the effective date of this section;
7 § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
8 the date on which it shall have become a law; provided, however, the
9 amendments to paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 2590-h of the
10 education law made by section one of this act shall be subject to the
11 expiration and reversion of such section pursuant to subdivision 12 of
12 section 17 of chapter 345 of the laws of 2009, as amended, when upon
13 such date the provisions of section two of this act shall take effect.
