Bill Text: NY S06589 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes the board of education of the city school district of the city of New York to establish standards for admission to special high schools.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-01 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S06589 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-S06589-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6589
I N S E N A T E
March 1, 2012
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Introduced by Sen. ESPAILLAT -- 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 admission to a special
high school in the city school district of the city of New York
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 2590-g of the education law, as
2 amended by chapter 345 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 4. subject to the provisions of section twenty-five hundred ninety-i
5 of this article, maintain such jurisdiction over city-wide educational
6 policies governing the special, academic, vocational, and other high
7 schools authorized by this article [before the effective date of this
8 section] as the respective community district education councils main-
9 tain over the schools within their jurisdiction, which shall not be
10 construed to require or authorize the day-to-day supervision or the
11 administration of the operations of such schools. PROVIDED, FURTHER,
12 THE CITY BOARD SHALL ESTABLISH PROCEDURES AND STANDARDS FOR THE ADMIS-
13 SION TO THE SPECIAL HIGH SCHOOLS OF THE CITY DISTRICT, INCLUDING THE
14 GRADE POINT AVERAGES OF APPLICANTS, PERSONAL STATEMENTS OF INTEREST
15 SUBMITTED BY APPLICANTS AND SUCH OTHER FACTORS AS THE CITY BOARD SHALL
16 DETERMINE TO BE NECESSARY.
17 S 2. Subdivision 4 of section 2590-g of the education law, as amended
18 by chapter 720 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
19 4. subject to the provisions of section twenty-five hundred ninety-i
20 of this article, maintain such jurisdiction over policies governing the
21 special, academic, vocational and other high schools authorized by this
22 article [before the effective date of this section] as the respective
23 community boards maintain over the schools within their jurisdiction,
24 which shall not be construed to require or authorize the day-to-day
25 supervision or the administration of the operations of such schools.
26 PROVIDED, FURTHER, THE CITY BOARD SHALL ESTABLISH PROCEDURES AND STAND-
27 ARDS FOR THE ADMISSION TO THE SPECIAL HIGH SCHOOLS OF THE CITY DISTRICT,
28 INCLUDING THE GRADE POINT AVERAGES OF APPLICANTS, PERSONAL STATEMENTS OF
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 INTEREST SUBMITTED BY APPLICANTS AND SUCH OTHER FACTORS AS THE CITY
2 BOARD SHALL DETERMINE TO BE NECESSARY.
3 S 3. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 2590-h of the education
4 law, as amended by chapter 345 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read
5 as follows:
6 (b) all specialized senior high schools. The special high schools
7 shall include the present schools known as:
8 The Bronx High School of Science, Stuyvesant High School, Brooklyn
9 Technical High School, Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music and
10 the Arts in the borough of Manhattan, and such further schools which the
11 city board may designate from time to time. The special schools shall be
12 permitted to maintain a discovery program in accordance with the law in
13 effect on the date preceding the effective date of this section[; admis-
14 sions to the special schools shall be conducted in accordance with the
15 law in effect on the date preceding the effective date of this section];
16 S 4. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 2590-h of the education
17 law, as amended by chapter 720 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read
18 as follows:
19 (b) all specialized senior high schools. The special high schools
20 shall include the present schools known as:
21 The Bronx High School of Science, Stuyvesant High School, Brooklyn
22 Technical High School, Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music and
23 the Arts in the borough of Manhattan, and such further schools which the
24 city board may designate from time to time. The special schools shall be
25 permitted to maintain a discovery program in accordance with the law in
26 effect on the date preceding the effective date of this section[; admis-
27 sions to the special schools shall be conducted in accordance with the
28 law in effect on the date preceding the effective date of this section];
29 S 5. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding
30 the date on which it shall have become a law, except that sections two
31 and four of this act shall take effect on the same date as sections
32 2590-g and 2590-h of the education law expire and revert pursuant to
33 chapter 345 of the laws of 2009, as amended, when upon such date
34 sections one and three of this act shall be deemed repealed; provided,
35 further, that effective immediately, any actions necessary to implement
36 the provisions of this act on its effective date are authorized and
37 directed to be completed on or before such date.
