New York Assembly Bill 2162

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-2)
Status: Introduced on January 23 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-01-03 - referred to education
Pending: Assembly Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Requires the New York city department of education to create more gifted and talented programs and classes in all school districts with elementary kindergarten through fifth grade and intermediate sixth through eighth grade with four or more classes per grade for students who shall gain entry through academic merit rather than through an admissions examination; authorizes automatic admission to a gifted and talented program in intermediate sixth through eighth grade for those students in elementary grades kindergarten through fifth grade who are currently enrolled in such program; makes related provisions.

Requires the New York city department of education to create more gifted and talented programs and classes in all school districts with elementary kindergarten through fifth grade and intermediate sixth through eighth grade with four or more classes per grade for students who shall gain entry through academic merit rather than through an admissions examination; authorizes automatic admission to a gifted and talented program in intermediate sixth through eighth grade for those students in elementary grades kindergarten through fifth grade who are currently enrolled in such program; makes related provisions.

Asm. William Colton [D]	Asm. Jeffrion Aubry [D]	Asm. Jeffrey Dinowitz [D]	Asm. Karines Reyes [D]
Asm. Fred Thiele [D]	Asm. Nader Sayegh [D]	Asm. Vivian Cook [D]	Asm. Joseph DeStefano [R]
Asm. Edward Braunstein [D]	Asm. Andrew Hevesi [D]	Asm. Alicia Hyndman [D]	Asm. Catalina Cruz [D]
Asm. Daniel Rosenthal [D]	Asm. Jonathan Rivera [D]	Asm. Taylor Darling [D]	Asm. David Weprin [D]
Asm. Jaime Williams [D]	Asm. David McDonough [R]	Asm. Maritza Davila [D]	Asm. Rebecca Seawright [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-03	Assembly	referred to education
2023-01-23	Assembly	referred to education

S01675 (Same As) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A2162
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A02162&term=2023&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#A02162