Bill Text: NY A02190 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Enacts the "Place a Child in Every School Seat Act" for the purposes of awareness of and incentives to improve school attendance.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to education [A02190 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A02190-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2190
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 22, 2019
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. ROZIC, BLAKE -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Education
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to enacting the "Place  a
          child in every school seat act"
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as  the  "Place  a
     2  child in every school seat act".
     3    §  2.  The  education law is amended by adding a new section 3205-a to
     4  read as follows:
     5    § 3205-a. "Place a child in every school seat act";  public  awareness
     6  of  public  school  attendance; incentives to improve attendance. 1. The
     7  department is hereby directed to establish a public awareness and educa-
     8  tion campaign that includes, but is  not  limited  to,  emphasizing  the
     9  benefits  of  attending  school and earning, at a minimum, a high school
    10  diploma, and the potential  consequences  related  to  dropping  out  of
    11  school.  Such  public awareness and education campaign shall be directed
    12  at minors whose attendance at school is  required  pursuant  to  section
    13  thirty-two  hundred  five of this part and at their parents or guardians
    14  and shall utilize a variety of media such as, but not limited to,  tele-
    15  vision, billboards, radio, and internet.
    16    2. The department is hereby directed to create an incentive program to
    17  improve  student  attendance  required  pursuant  to  section thirty-two
    18  hundred five of this part. Incentives shall be developed with the advice
    19  and consent of the board of regents as to an appropriate but motivation-
    20  al incentive that will appeal to students in all parts of the state  and
    21  in  all  income brackets. The department is encouraged to develop incen-
    22  tives directed at students specifically so as to motivate excitement and
    23  enthusiasm for attendance. Such an incentive program and/or awards shall
    24  be based on a district's overall attendance or most improved  attendance
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01439-01-9
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     1  as  a  percentage of the student body from the previous year. Incentives
     2  may be awarded to more than one school district in each school year.
     3    3.  The  department  is  directed  to make a good faith effort to seek
     4  federal government and/or private resources to  supplement  appropriated
     5  funds  to  develop the programs created pursuant to subdivisions one and
     6  two of this section.
     7    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.