Bill Text: NY S03087 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the state education commissioner to require public schools districts to report on compliance with art education instruction requirements.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-06-12 - referred to education [S03087 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3087
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 19, 2017
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        Introduced  by Sens. SERRANO, ADDABBO, BAILEY, KRUEGER, PARKER, STAVISKY
          -- 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 directing the  commis-
          sioner  of  education  to  conduct  an  audit  and report on statewide
          compliance with state instructional regulations for arts education and
          to establish a remediation process for schools  found  to  be  out  of
          compliance
          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 817 to
     2  read as follows:
     3    § 817. Statewide audit of  compliance.    The  commissioner  shall  be
     4  authorized  and required to conduct a statewide audit of compliance with
     5  state education regulations for arts instruction. The board of education
     6  or trustees of all school districts shall comply with  requests  by  the
     7  department  for such information deemed relevant by the department. Such
     8  assessment shall be conducted and reported to the  legislature  and  the
     9  public  by  June, two thousand eighteen for the two thousand seventeen--
    10  two thousand eighteen school year and every five years thereafter.
    11    § 2. Section 305 of the education law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
    12  subdivision 56 to read as follows:
    13    56. He or she shall require the board of education or trustees of each
    14  school  district  that  is  found  to  be  out  of compliance with state
    15  instructional regulations for arts education  to  develop  a  corrective
    16  action  plan  that  describes    steps  to  ensure compliance with state
    17  requirements with a timetable for implementation of steps within  twelve
    18  months  of  the  audit. The commissioner shall be required to review and
    19  approve all action plans and facilitate their implementation and make an
    20  annual report to the legislature and the public  on  progress  at  those
    21  schools.
    22    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03508-01-7