Bill Text: NY A03064 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes a career and technical education (CTE) diploma; a CTE pathway to a diploma shall be based on a curriculum designed to provide students with technical skills and shall demonstrate that the student is ready for a career as determined by regulations of the commissioner.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 38-12)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to education [A03064 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A03064-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3064
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 26, 2017
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        Introduced  by  M. of A. BRINDISI, MORELLE, LUPARDO, SIMANOWITZ, STIRPE,
          RYAN, SANTABARBARA,  BRONSON,  BARRETT,  BRAUNSTEIN,  ROZIC,  GUNTHER,
          JAFFEE,  MONTESANO, BLANKENBUSH, MAGNARELLI, JENNE, ZEBROWSKI, COLTON,
          LUPINACCI, GRAF, RAIA, SKOUFIS, GOODELL, GANTT, TITONE, MOYA,  ABBATE,
          QUART, PICHARDO, ORTIZ, O'DONNELL, RODRIGUEZ, SOLAGES, CUSICK, CRESPO,
          THIELE,  PERRY,  PALMESANO, JOHNS, FAHY, GIGLIO, JOYNER, WOERNER, STEC
          -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.  ARROYO,  BARCLAY,  CROUCH,  KEARNS,
          LAWRENCE, MAYER, McDONALD, RA, SCHIMMINGER, SKARTADOS -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Education
        AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing a career
          and technical education diploma
          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 817 to
     2  read as follows:
     3    § 817.  Career and technical education pathway to a high school diplo-
     4  ma.    1.  a.  A  career and technical education (CTE) pathway to a high
     5  school diploma is hereby established. A CTE pathway  to  a  diploma,  if
     6  made available by a school district shall:
     7    (i) result in a regents or local diploma;
     8    (ii)  differ  from  the traditional requirements to a regents or local
     9  diploma with  respect  to  required  assessments,  except  as  otherwise
    10  required by federal law;
    11    (iii) be made available to all students, including, but not limited to
    12  students with disabilities and English language learners.
    13    b.  A  CTE  pathway  to  a diploma shall be based on a course of study
    14  designed to provide students with technical  knowledge  and  skills  and
    15  shall  demonstrate  that the student is ready for a career as determined
    16  by regulations of the commissioner. A CTE pathway  to  a  diploma  shall
    17  include, but not be limited to:
    18    (i) completion of a CTE course of study;
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01878-01-7
        A. 3064                             2
     1    (ii) completion of a three-part technical assessment;
     2    (iii) completion of work-based learning experiences as provided by the
     3  state approved program; and,
     4    (iv) completion of a work-skills employability profile.
     5    c.  For  purposes  of  this  section, a career and technical education
     6  shall include, but not be limited to, a course of study in the following
     7  career fields: agriculture education, business and marketing  education,
     8  family  and  consumer  sciences education, health occupations education,
     9  technical education, technology  education,  and  trade  and  industrial
    10  education.
    11    2.  The  board  of  regents  shall  promulgate such regulations of the
    12  commissioner as may be necessary to establish  the  curriculum,  assess-
    13  ments  and  any  other  criteria  that  students  must achieve to earn a
    14  regents or local diploma via a CTE pathway.
    15    3. Students first entering ninth grade in the two thousand  seventeen-
    16  -two  thousand  eighteen school year and thereafter shall be eligible to
    17  earn a diploma via a CTE pathway if made available by a school district.
    18    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided  that  effective
    19  immediately,  the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regu-
    20  lation necessary for the timely implementation of this act on its effec-
    21  tive date are authorized and directed to be made  and  completed  on  or
    22  before such effective date.