Bill Text: NY S01291 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires the notification in writing of discharge or transfer of minors from attendance upon instruction and the reporting of such data to the legislature; the notification shall include a breakdown of all discharges and dropout of students under 21, reasons therefor, demographics and racial breakdown of all discharged students, the number of students enrolled in GED programs, the number of special education students discharged, the number of English language learner students who have been discharged and what support services were offered before discharge.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S01291 Detail]
Download: New_York-2009-S01291-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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1291
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 28, 2009
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Introduced by Sens. MONTGOMERY, DIAZ, DUANE, HUNTLEY, SAMPSON -- 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 notification of
discharge from attendance upon instruction
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 3211 of the education law is
2 amended and a new subdivision 5 is added to read as follows:
3 4. Duties of principal or person in charge of the instruction of a
4 minor. The principal of a school, or other person in charge of the
5 instruction upon which a minor attends, as provided by THIS part [one of
6 this article], shall cause the record of his OR HER attendance to be
7 kept and produced and all appropriate inquiries in relation thereto
8 answered as hereinbefore required. He OR SHE shall give prompt notifica-
9 tion in writing to the school authorities of the city or district of the
10 discharge or transfer of any such minor from attendance upon instruc-
11 tion, stating the date of the discharge, its cause, the name of the
12 minor, his OR HER date of birth, his OR HER place of residence prior to
13 and following discharge, if such place of residence be known, and the
14 name of the person in parental relation to the minor, A CLEAR BREAKDOWN
15 OF ALL DISCHARGES AND DROPOUTS FOR STUDENTS AGED TWENTY-ONE AND UNDER,
16 AND THE REASONS THEY ARE NO LONGER IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM, A DEMO-
17 GRAPHIC AND RACIAL BREAKDOWN OF ALL DISCHARGED STUDENTS, THE NUMBER OF
18 STUDENTS UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE WHO ARE SEEKING OR ENROLLED IN GED
19 PROGRAMS, THE NUMBER OF DISCHARGED STUDENTS AND THEIR EDUCATIONAL STATUS
20 PRIOR TO BEING DISCHARGED, THE NUMBER OF ALL SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS
21 WHO WERE DISCHARGED, THE NUMBER OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER (ELL)
22 STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED, AND WHAT SUPPORT OR SERVICES WERE
23 OFFERED TO THE STUDENT BEFORE DISCHARGE.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05564-01-9
S. 1291 2
1 5. COLLECTION OF DATA. ANY DATA COLLECTED SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE
2 DEPARTMENT WITHIN NINETY DAYS OF THE END OF EACH SCHOOL YEAR. THE
3 DEPARTMENT SHALL PROVIDE TO THE LEGISLATURE A REPORT COMPILING SUCH
4 INFORMATION AND SUBMIT TO THE CHAIR OF THE SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE
5 AND THE CHAIR OF THE ASSEMBLY EDUCATION COMMITTEE ON OR BEFORE NOVEMBER
6 THIRTIETH OF EACH YEAR. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ALSO PRODUCE GENERAL STATE-
7 WIDE DATA THAT SHALL BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.
8 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
