Bill Text: NY A05853 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the commissioner of education to require the education department to report on the number and percentage of NYC high school students discharged to GED programs and the number and percentage of successful completions of such programs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-29 - held for consideration in education [A05853 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A05853-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5853
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     March 7, 2013
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. WRIGHT, COLTON -- read once and referred to the
         Committee on Education
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to GED  program  account-
         ability
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 35 of section 305  of  the  education  law,  as
    2  added  by  chapter 667 of the laws of 2006, is renumbered subdivision 43
    3  and a new subdivision 44 is added to read as follows:
    4    44. THE COMMISSIONER IS AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO REQUIRE THE DEPART-
    5  MENT TO INCLUDE AND REPORT THE NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF  NEW  YORK  CITY
    6  HIGH  SCHOOL  STUDENTS BEING DISCHARGED INTO GED PROGRAMS AND THE NUMBER
    7  AND PERCENTAGE OF SUCCESSFUL COMPLETIONS OF ALL GED  PROGRAMS  THAT  THE
    8  NEW  YORK  CITY  DEPARTMENT  OF EDUCATION DISCHARGES STUDENTS INTO. SUCH
    9  REPORT DETAILING THE PROGRESS OF SUCH STUDENTS SHALL BE PROVIDED TO  THE
   10  LEGISLATURE AND THE NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
   11    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
   12  it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate-
   13  ly,  the  addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation
   14  necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective  date  are
   15  authorized  and  directed  to  be  made  and completed on or before such
   16  effective date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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