Bill Text: NY S08322 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 8322 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to establishing fair, equitable and appropriate English language testing requirements for certain students with limited English proficiency; provides that students who enter New York schools after the eighth grade are provided an alternative to the English regents exam in order to be awarded a high school diploma.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-06-23 - REFERRED TO RULES [S08322 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S08322-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         8322
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     June 23, 2010
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       Introduced  by  Sen. PERALTA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in  relation  to  establishing  fair,
         equitable  and  appropriate  English language testing requirements for
         certain students
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
    2  subdivision 42 to read as follows:
    3    42.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, RULE OR REGULATION TO
    4  THE CONTRARY, THE  COMMISSIONER,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE  BOARD  OF
    5  REGENTS,  SHALL DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES WHICH WILL
    6  PERMIT PUPILS OF LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY WHO FIRST ENROLL IN  A  NEW
    7  YORK STATE SCHOOL AFTER GRADE EIGHT, AND WHO MEET ALL OTHER REQUIREMENTS
    8  FOR  GRADUATION,  TO  BE ALLOWED TO MEET THE ENGLISH REGENTS EXAMINATION
    9  REQUIREMENT BY:
   10    (A) PASSING A NATIVE LANGUAGE ARTS TEST; AND
   11    (B) DEMONSTRATING ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AT A LEVEL COMMENSURATE
   12  WITH THE NUMBER OF YEARS OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION AS MEASURED  BY
   13  AN  ENGLISH  LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT  APPROVED BY THE
   14  COMMISSIONER.
   15    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply  beginning
   16  in the 2010-2011 school year.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD11987-03-0