Bill Text: NY A02269 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to administration of language assessment instruments to students receiving a program of bilingual education or English as a second language.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to education [A02269 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A02269-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2269 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 22, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ROZIC, COLTON, CRESPO, WEPRIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ABBATE, ARROYO, MOSLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to administration of language assessment instruments to students receiving a program of bilingual education or English as a second language The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph 3 of subdivision 2-a of section 3204 of the 2 education law, as added by chapter 827 of the laws of 1982, is amended 3 to read as follows: 4 3. Eligibility for such programs shall be based on the following 5 criteria. A pupil who by reason of foreign birth or ancestry speaks a 6 language other than English, and either understands and speaks little or 7 no English, or who has been identified by any English language assess- 8 ment instrument approved by the commissioner as a pupil of limited 9 English proficiency, shall receive a program of bilingual education or 10 English as a second language in accordance with standards established by 11 the commissioner. [A] Such pupil's proficiency in the English language 12 shall be measured [annually] by [such] a language assessment instrument 13 after the pupil has been enrolled in a program of bilingual education or 14 English as a second language for a period of three consecutive school 15 years and annually thereafter in order to determine further partic- 16 ipation in bilingual education or English as a second language program 17 in accordance with standards established by the commissioner, subject to 18 the provisions of subdivision two of this section. The parent or guardi- 19 an of a pupil designated as limited English proficient shall be informed 20 by the local school authorities of the pupil's placement in an instruc- 21 tional program. 22 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00984-01-9