Bill Text: NY S02166 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to mandatory student enrollment reporting for public schools and charter schools triennially on October thirty-first, January thirty-first, and April thirtieth of each year.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S02166 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S02166-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2166

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 19, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  LIU  --  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  mandatory  student
          enrollment reporting

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 319 to
     2  read as follows:
     3    § 319. Mandatory student enrollment reporting. 1. All  public  schools
     4  located  within  the state, regardless of level, shall report the number
     5  of students enrolled in such school to the  department  triennially,  on
     6  October  thirty-first, January thirty-first, and April thirtieth of each
     7  year.
     8    2. Each report shall be accompanied with supporting  documentation  of
     9  such  enrollment.  For  purposes of this section, the commissioner shall
    10  determine what supporting documentation is necessary.
    11    3. Each report shall be published and publicly shared  on  the  school
    12  district's website within one week of submission to the department.
    13    4.  For purposes of this section, "enrollment" shall mean the undupli-
    14  cated count of all children registered to receive  educational  services
    15  in  grades  kindergarten  through twelve, including children in ungraded
    16  programs.
    17    § 2. Section 2854 of the education law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
    18  subdivision 4 to read as follows:
    19    4.  Mandatory  student  enrollment  reporting. (a) All charter schools
    20  located within the state shall report the number of students enrolled to
    21  the department triennially, on  October  thirty-first,  January  thirty-
    22  first, and April thirtieth of each year.
    23    (b)  Each report shall be accompanied with supporting documentation of
    24  such enrollment. For purposes of this section,  the  commissioner  shall
    25  determine what supporting documentation is necessary.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05359-01-3
        S. 2166                             2

     1    (c)  Each report shall be published and publicly shared on the charter
     2  school's website within one week of submission to the department.
     3    (d)  For  purposes  of  this  subdivision, "enrollment" shall mean the
     4  unduplicated count of all children  registered  to  receive  educational
     5  services  in  grades  kindergarten through twelve, including children in
     6  ungraded programs.
     7    § 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
     8  have become a law.