Bill Text: NY S07487 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the chancellor and the city comptroller to audit the city school district of the city of New York for compliance with the requirements for instruction in certain subjects, including art education.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-15 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S07487 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S07487-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7487
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     May 15, 2014
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  FELDER -- 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 chancel-
         lor of the city school district and the city comptroller of  the  city
         of New York to annually audit the city school district for its compli-
         ance with requirements for instruction in certain subjects
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 2590-h of the education law is amended by adding  a
    2  new subdivision 54 to read as follows:
    3    54.  IN COOPERATION WITH THE CITY COMPTROLLER OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK,
    4  FOR EACH SCHOOL YEAR, CONDUCT AN AUDIT OF THE CITY  DISTRICT  TO  ENSURE
    5  COMPLIANCE OF THE DISTRICT WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS CHAPTER AND THE
    6  RULES OF THE REGENTS RELATING TO INSTRUCTION IN CERTAIN SUBJECTS INCLUD-
    7  ING  ART  EDUCATION  IN ALL GRADES.  ON OR BEFORE THE FIRST OF JULY EACH
    8  YEAR, THE CHANCELLOR AND SUCH CITY COMPTROLLER SHALL REPORT THE FINDINGS
    9  OF SUCH AUDIT TO THE REGENTS, THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE.
   10    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July  next  succeeding
   11  the  date  on which it shall have become a law; provided that the amend-
   12  ments to section 2590-h of the education law made by section one of this
   13  act shall not affect the expiration of such section and shall be  deemed
   14  to expire therewith.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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