Bill Text: NY S06235 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Limits the use of assessments administered to students in grades kindergarten through grade two to diagnostic purposes.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S06235 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S06235-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6235
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 8, 2014
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       Introduced  by  Sen. MARTINS -- 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 limiting  the  use  of
         assessments  administered  to  students in grades kindergarten through
         grade two for diagnostic purposes
         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    S   319.   KINDERGARTEN  THROUGH  GRADE  TWO  ASSESSMENTS;  DIAGNOSTIC
    4  PURPOSES. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW  OR  REGULATION  TO
    5  THE  CONTRARY,  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  PROHIBIT THE ADMINISTRATION OF
    6  STATE DEVELOPED ASSESSMENT OR OTHER COMPARABLE ASSESSMENTS  TO  STUDENTS
    7  ENROLLED IN KINDERGARTEN, GRADE ONE OR GRADE TWO THAT ARE BEING USED FOR
    8  ANYTHING  OTHER  THAN  DIAGNOSTIC  PURPOSES.  PROVIDED  FURTHER,  SCHOOL
    9  DISTRICTS' ANNUAL PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE REVIEW PLANS SHALL USE ONE OF
   10  THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS TO COMPLY WITH PARAGRAPH F OF SUBDIVISION  TWO  OF
   11  SECTION THREE THOUSAND TWELVE-C OF THIS CHAPTER FOR TEACHERS OF STUDENTS
   12  ENROLLED IN KINDERGARTEN, GRADE ONE OR GRADE TWO: DISTRICT, REGIONAL, OR
   13  BOCES  DEVELOPED  ASSESSMENTS;  SCHOOL  WIDE  MEASURE  OF EITHER STUDENT
   14  GROWTH OR ACHIEVEMENT; OR A STRUCTURED DISTRICT WIDE STUDENT GROWTH GOAL
   15  SETTING PROCESS. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE REGULATIONS TO IMPLE-
   16  MENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   17    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD13318-01-3