Bill Text: NY A05038 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that any standardized test or examination shall not be subject to any time limitation when administered by the city district.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to education [A05038 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5038
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 6, 2019
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        Introduced  by M. of A. CARROLL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Education
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the  duration  of  the
          specialized high schools admissions test
          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, and such further schools which the
     9  city board may designate from time to time. The special schools shall be
    10  permitted to maintain a discovery program in accordance with the law  in
    11  effect  on the date preceding the effective date of this section; admis-
    12  sions to the special schools shall be conducted in accordance  with  the
    13  law  in effect on the date preceding the effective date of this section;
    14  provided,  further,  that  any  competitive,  objective  and  scholastic
    15  achievement  examination,  for  purposes  of  admissions to such schools
    16  included in this paragraph, shall not be subject to any time limitation;
    17    § 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 2590-h of the education
    18  law, as amended by chapter 720 of the laws of 1996, is amended  to  read
    19  as follows:
    20    (b)  all  specialized  senior  high  schools. The special high schools
    21  shall include the present schools known as:
    22    The Bronx High School of Science,  Stuyvesant  High  School,  Brooklyn
    23  Technical  High  School,  Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music and
    24  the Arts in the borough of Manhattan, and such further schools which the
    25  city board may designate from time to time. The special schools shall be
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  permitted to maintain a discovery program in accordance with the law  in
     2  effect  on the date preceding the effective date of this section; admis-
     3  sions to the special schools shall be conducted in accordance  with  the
     4  law  in effect on the date preceding the effective date of this section;
     5  provided,  further,  that  any  competitive,  objective  and  scholastic
     6  achievement  examination,  for  purposes  of  admissions to such schools
     7  included in this paragraph, shall not be subject to any time limitation;
     8    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
     9  the  amendments  to  paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 2590-h of
    10  the education law made by section one of this act shall  be  subject  to
    11  the  expiration and reversion of such section pursuant to subdivision 12
    12  of 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.