Bill Text: NY A06154 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the commissioner of education to make recommendations to the board of regents relating to the adoption of instruction on children with disabilities for students in grades kindergarten through twelve to improve the understanding and acceptance of children with disabilities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to education [A06154 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A06154-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6154
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 27, 2017
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        Introduced  by M. of A. CUSICK, JAFFEE, CRESPO, LUPARDO, COLTON, ZEBROW-
          SKI, TITUS, ABINANTI, PERRY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.  ABBATE,
          AUBRY, COOK, McDONALD, SIMANOWITZ, TITONE -- read once and referred to
          the Committee on Education
        AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring the commis-
          sioner of education to make recommendations to the  board  of  regents
          relating  to the adoption of instruction on children with disabilities
          for students in grades kindergarten through twelve
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 56 to read as follows:
     3    56. a. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the commissioner shall
     4  make recommendations to the board of regents relating to the adoption of
     5  instruction  on  children with disabilities for pupils in grades kinder-
     6  garten through twelve to improve the  understanding  and  acceptance  of
     7  children with disabilities.
     8    b.  Prior  to  making  the recommendations to the board of regents the
     9  commissioner shall:
    10    (i) seek  the  recommendations  of  teachers,  school  administrators,
    11  teacher  educators and others with educational expertise in the proposed
    12  curriculum;
    13    (ii) seek comment from parents, students and other interested parties;
    14    (iii) consider the amount of instructional time such  curriculum  will
    15  require  and whether such time would detract from other mandated courses
    16  of study;
    17    (iv) consider the fiscal impact, if  any,  on  the  state  and  school
    18  districts; and
    19    (v) consider any additional factors the commissioner deems relevant.
    20    c.  No  later than one hundred eighty days after the effective date of
    21  this subdivision, the commissioner shall provide a recommendation to the
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00371-01-7
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     1  board of regents to either adopt and promulgate  appropriate  rules  and
     2  regulations implementing such curriculum or reject the implementation of
     3  such  curriculum. Upon receiving a recommendation from the commissioner,
     4  pursuant  to this subdivision, the board of regents shall vote to either
     5  accept or reject the commissioner's recommendation no later  than  sixty
     6  days after receiving such recommendation.
     7    d.  If  the  board  of  regents adopts such curriculum, the curriculum
     8  requirement shall take effect no later than the next school  year  after
     9  such curriculum has been adopted.
    10    e.  If  the board of regents rejects such curriculum, the commissioner
    11  shall provide a report as to the  determination  of  the  board  to  the
    12  governor,  the  temporary  president  of  the senate, the speaker of the
    13  assembly and the chairs of the senate and assembly committees on  educa-
    14  tion providing the reasons for such rejection not later than thirty days
    15  after the board of regents rejects such curriculum.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.