Bill Text: NY S05589 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Establishes the Blue Ribbon Commission on 21st Century Testing and Curriculum.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-01 - PRINT NUMBER 5589A [S05589 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S05589-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         5589--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      May 15, 2015
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        Introduced by Sens. GRIFFO, BOYLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and
          when  printed  to be committed to the Committee on Education -- recom-
          mitted to the Committee on Education in accordance with Senate Rule 6,
          sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as
          amended and recommitted to said committee
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education  law,  in relation to the Blue Ribbon
          Commission
          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 article 7-B to
     2  read as follows:
     3                                 ARTICLE 7-B
     4        BLUE RIBBON COMMISSION ON 21st CENTURY TESTING AND CURRICULUM
     5  Section 349-a. Definitions.
     6          349-b. Blue  Ribbon  Commission  on  21st  Century  Testing  and
     7                   Curriculum.
     8          349-c. Suspension of common core testing.
     9          349-d. Suspension of common core curriculum.
    10          349-e. Waiver from Race to the Top obligations related to common
    11                   core.
    12    § 349-a. Definitions. As used in this article:
    13    1. "Commission" shall mean the Blue Ribbon Commission on 21st  Century
    14  Testing and Curriculum established pursuant to this article.
    15    2.  "Common  core  curriculum"  shall mean any curriculum developed in
    16  furtherance of the common  core  academic  standards  developed  by  the
    17  national governors association center for best practices and the council
    18  of chief state school officers.
    19    3.  "Common  core  state  test"  shall  mean  any  state or consortium
    20  created, developed or administered test  given  in  New  York  state  to
    21  students   in  grades  pre-kindergarten  through  twelve  that  tests  a
    22  student's knowledge and skills relating to the common core curriculum.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07575-04-6