Bill Text: NY S04329 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Requires the administration and the instruction in preparation of the TASC examination in the Chinese and Korean languages for pupils who are proficient in these languages and of limited English proficiency.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S04329 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S04329-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4329
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      March 7, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by Sen. KAVANAGH -- 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 requiring the adminis-
          tration of the TASC examination in the Chinese  and  Korean  languages
          for pupils who are proficient in such languages and of limited English
          proficiency
          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 3204-a
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 3204-a. Administration of the TASC examination in  the  Chinese  and
     4  Korean languages. 1. Students who are proficient in the Chinese or Kore-
     5  an  language  and  of  limited  English proficiency shall be entitled to
     6  receive instruction in preparation for  the  TASC  examination  and  the
     7  administration of such examination in the Chinese or Korean language.
     8    2.  The  commissioner shall require each board of education, including
     9  the board of each community school district of the  city  of  New  York,
    10  make  available  to  all  pupils  proficient  in  the  Chinese or Korean
    11  language, and of limited proficiency in English, the official TASC exam-
    12  ination written in such native language, and make available any instruc-
    13  tional courses or programs for  the  preparation  of  such  examination,
    14  which are offered by the school district, including course materials, in
    15  such  native  language.  The  commissioner shall further direct that any
    16  notification or correspondence relating to  the  administration  of  the
    17  TASC examination shall be written in the Chinese or Korean language.
    18    3.  Each  school district shall obtain and maintain a record of pupils
    19  who have the TASC examination administered  in  the  Chinese  or  Korean
    20  language and shall report such information to the department on an annu-
    21  al basis.
    22    §  2. The commissioner of education is hereby authorized to promulgate
    23  any rules or regulations necessary for the implementation of  this  act,
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00793-01-9

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     1  including,  but  not  limited  to,  rules  or  regulations directing the
     2  department to enter into a contract with the American Council on  Educa-
     3  tion to develop and provide appropriate testing materials.
     4    § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
     5  it shall have become a law.
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