Bill Text: NY A06336 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Authorizes boards of cooperative educational services to enter into certain contracts with out-of-state school districts related to existing technology products, including computer programs and software packages that help students learn and assist districts with achieving greater efficiencies; defines "out-of-state public school"; changes the term "common core" to "next generation" standards or curriculum.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-6)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-05-09 - enacting clause stricken [A06336 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A06336-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         6336--B
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      March 6, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  JAFFEE, ZEBROWSKI, D'URSO, McDONALD, STIRPE,
          DICKENS, COOK, SAYEGH, CRUZ, BLAKE,  DeSTEFANO,  ABINANTI,  MONTESANO,
          McDONOUGH,  RAIA,  LAWRENCE, BRABENEC -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Education -- committee discharged, bill amended,  ordered
          reprinted  as  amended  and  recommitted  to  said  committee -- again
          reported from said committee with  amendments,  ordered  reprinted  as
          amended and recommitted to said committee
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to certain contracts with
          out-of-state  schools;  to  amend  the  education  law  and the social
          services law, in relation to redesignating the common  core  standards
          to next generation standards
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subparagraph 10 of paragraph h of subdivision 4 of  section
     2  1950 of the education law, as amended by chapter 28 of the laws of 2014,
     3  is amended to read as follows:
     4    (10) To enter into contracts of no more than five years and subject to
     5  the   sunset  date  of  this  subparagraph,  with  out-of-state  [school
     6  districts] schools for special education  and/or  career  and  technical
     7  education  services or for the use of existing products that demonstrate
     8  how to map the [common core] next generation  standards  to  assessments
     9  and/or provide access to existing webinars or online courses relating to
    10  implementation  of the [common core] next generation standards [and/or];
    11  for providing professional development to educators;  and/or  technology
    12  products,  including  computer  programs and software packages that help
    13  students learn and assist districts in achieving  greater  efficiencies.
    14  For  purposes  of this article, an out-of-state school shall mean public
    15  elementary or secondary school or a degree granting institution of high-
    16  er education, located outside of New York state including but not limit-
    17  ed to those located outside the continental United States. Any  contract
    18  shall  be  approved by the commissioner, the board of cooperative educa-
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  tional services and the district  superintendent  of  schools,  provided
     2  such  services  are  made  available  to  any school district within the
     3  supervisory district and that the requirements of this subparagraph  are
     4  met.  Contracts must be executed by the board of cooperative educational
     5  services and the trustees or boards of education  of  such  out-of-state
     6  [school   districts]  schools  and  shall  only  authorize  out-of-state
     7  students to participate in an instructional program if such services are
     8  available to all eligible students in New  York  state  schools  in  the
     9  component   districts  and  the  number  of  participating  out-of-state
    10  students only comprises up to five percent of the total  number  of  the
    11  total  enrolled  students  in  the instructional program at the board of
    12  cooperative educational services  and  that  the  board  of  cooperative
    13  educational  services  spends no more than thirty percent of its employ-
    14  ees' time on services to out-of-state districts pursuant to this subpar-
    15  agraph. To be approved by the commissioner, the contract and  any  busi-
    16  ness  plan, shall demonstrate that any services provided to out-of-state
    17  schools pursuant to this subparagraph shall not result in any additional
    18  costs being imposed on component school districts and that any  payments
    19  received  by  the board of cooperative educational services for services
    20  provided in this subparagraph that exceed any cost to the board of coop-
    21  erative educational  services  for  providing  such  services  shall  be
    22  applied  to  reduce  the  costs  of aidable shared services allocated to
    23  component school districts pursuant to paragraph d of  this  subdivision
    24  and shall also be applied to reduce the approved cost of services pursu-
    25  ant to subdivision five of this section. Services provided by a board of
    26  cooperative  educational  services to component districts at the time of
    27  approval of a contract under this paragraph  shall  not  be  reduced  or
    28  eliminated  solely  due  to a board of cooperative educational services'
    29  performance of services to out-of-state [districts] schools pursuant  to
    30  this paragraph.
    31    §  2.  Subdivisions  50  and  51  of section 305 of the education law,
    32  subdivision 50 as added by section 1 of subpart I and subdivision 51  as
    33  added  by section 1 of subpart J of part AA of chapter 56 of the laws of
    34  2014, are amended to read as follows:
    35    50. The commissioner shall provide instructional  tools  and  outreach
    36  materials  for  parents  and  families to assist parents and families in
    37  understanding the purposes, elements and instructional changes  relating
    38  to implementation of [common core] next generation learning standards as
    39  well  as  how  to  best  support  their child's educational progress and
    40  outcomes. Such tools and outreach shall include, but not be limited  to,
    41  online  resources with linguistically and culturally appropriate materi-
    42  als, community outreach, and  the  dissemination  of  materials  through
    43  schools, non-profit organizations, libraries, and other partners.
    44    51.  The  commissioner  shall, in order to assist school districts and
    45  boards of cooperative educational services in developing  [common  core]
    46  next  generation  training programs for teachers and principals, develop
    47  professional development tools,  resources  and  materials  that  school
    48  districts,  boards  of  cooperative  educational  services, teachers and
    49  principals may utilize. The commissioner may collaborate with the  state
    50  university of New York, the city university of New York, and independent
    51  colleges and universities to offer effective, data-informed professional
    52  development  and  coaching to meet the needs of implementing the [common
    53  core] next generation learning standards. Such professional  development
    54  and coaching shall include necessary materials, age appropriate instruc-
    55  tion  and resources that provide best practices for the effective imple-
    56  mentation of the [common core] next generation learning standards.  Such
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     1  support  shall  be  available  for the purpose of providing professional
     2  development for teachers and principals, as well as preparation programs
     3  for participating school districts, boards  of  cooperative  educational
     4  services,  charter  schools  and  communities  at large, and may include
     5  recommendations for how teachers and principals can collaborate on stra-
     6  tegies, including but not limited  to  study  groups  and  coaching,  to
     7  improve  classroom  practices.  The  commissioner  shall  also  identify
     8  regional examples of school districts that have successfully implemented
     9  the [common core] next generation learning standards, where  such  exam-
    10  ples  exist,  and  shall  invite  such districts to serve on a voluntary
    11  basis as models that principals, teachers and other school professionals
    12  within the region may visit and observe. In addition,  the  commissioner
    13  shall  include opportunities for teachers and other content-area experts
    14  to provide feedback and recommendations for the  continuous  improvement
    15  and  development  of  voluntary [common core] next generation curriculum
    16  modules offered by the department.
    17    § 3. Subparagraph 2 of paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision  3  of  section
    18  3602-d  of  the  education  law,  as added by chapter 792 of the laws of
    19  1990, is amended to read as follows:
    20    (2) linkages between the two years of secondary school preceding grad-
    21  uation and post-secondary study. Such linkage must incorporate a [common
    22  core] next generation  of  required  proficiency  in  an  occupationally
    23  oriented  field  leading  to  an  associate  degree  or certificate in a
    24  specific career field;
    25    § 4. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 5  of  section  421  of  the  social
    26  services law, as added by chapter 525 of the laws of 2006, is amended to
    27  read as follows:
    28    (c) require all persons assigned to be a supervisor by a child protec-
    29  tive service on or after April first, nineteen hundred eighty-six, shall
    30  have  satisfactorily completed, within the first three months of employ-
    31  ment as a supervisor or within three months of  the  effective  date  of
    32  this  paragraph,  whichever shall occur first, a course in the fundamen-
    33  tals of child protection developed by the office of children and  family
    34  services. Such training course shall, among other things, strengthen and
    35  expand current training procedures for child protective service supervi-
    36  sors;  provide the skills, knowledge and standards to practice effective
    37  case planning and  case  management;  provide  comprehensive  assessment
    38  tools  needed  in critical decision making; require participation in the
    39  existing [common  core]  next  generation  training  required  by  child
    40  protective  service  caseworkers; strengthen recognition and response to
    41  safety and risk indicators; improve skills to promote consistent  imple-
    42  mentation  of  training  and  practice;  provide the necessary tools and
    43  assistance to build the ability to coach and  monitor  child  protective
    44  service caseworkers and model effective investigation practice; increase
    45  cultural  competency and sensitivity; and establish an annual in service
    46  training program specifically focused on child protective service super-
    47  visors.
    48    § 5. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
    49  the  amendments  to  subparagraph  10 of paragraph h of subdivision 4 of
    50  section 1950 of the education law made by section one of this act  shall
    51  not affect the repeal of such subparagraph and shall be deemed to repeal
    52  therewith.