Bill Text: NY A05563 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An act to amend the education law, in relation to educational programs for certain non-English speaking pupils in a city having a population of one million or more

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to education [A05563 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A05563-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5563
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 13, 2009
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       Introduced by M. of A. V. LOPEZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Education
       AN  ACT  to amend the education law, in relation to educational programs
         for certain non-English speaking pupils in a city having a  population
         of one million or more
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1.  Section 3204 of the education law is amended  by adding  a
    2  new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
    3    6.    NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, IN A
    4  SCHOOL DISTRICT IN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE  MILLION  OR  MORE,
    5  THERE  SHALL  BE  EMPLOYED  IN  EVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WITH NON-ENGLISH
    6  SPEAKING PUPILS AT LEAST ONE TEACHER WHO IS LICENSED  AS  A  TEACHER  OF
    7  ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE FOR EVERY FIFTY NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING PUPILS
    8  OR  FRACTION  THEREOF,  IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATIONS PRESCRIBED BY THE
    9  COMMISSIONER CONSISTENT WITH THIS SUBDIVISION.
   10    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
   11  it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-
   12  ment  and/or repeal of any rules or regulations necessary for the imple-
   13  mentation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made on
   14  or before such effective date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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