Bill Text: NY S00706 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to employment preparation education programs; authorizes persons under 21 who are attending regular day school classes and are designated as English language learners to attend employment preparation education programs at no additional cost to the school district or BOCES, provided there is space available.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S00706 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S00706-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           706
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 9, 2019
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        Introduced  by Sen. GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to employment preparation
          education programs
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  11  of  section 3602 of the education law is
     2  amended by adding a new paragraph i to read as follows:
     3    i. Notwithstanding any other provision of law  to  the  contrary,  any
     4  student  under  twenty-one  years  of age who attends regular day school
     5  classes and is designated as an English language learner by his  or  her
     6  school district or BOCES program, shall be eligible to participate in an
     7  approved  employment  preparation education program, provided that space
     8  is available, at no additional cost to such school  district  or  BOCES;
     9  and  provided,  further,  that such students shall not be included under
    10  paragraphs b and h of this subdivision.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02745-01-9