Bill Text: NY A05258 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates a career and practical education pathway to a high school diploma based on a course study designed to provide students with practical knowledge and skills and shall demonstrate that the student is ready for a career.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to education [A05258 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A05258-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5258

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 12, 2021
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        Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Education

        AN  ACT  to  amend the education law, in relation to creating the career
          and practical education pathway to a high school 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 practical education pathway to a high school diplo-
     4  ma. 1. a. A career and practical  education  (CPE)  pathway  to  a  high
     5  school  diploma  is hereby established. A CPE pathway to a diploma, made
     6  available by a school district shall:
     7    (i) result in a general diploma;
     8    (ii) differ from the traditional requirements  to  a  general  diploma
     9  with  respect  to  required assessments, except as otherwise required by
    10  federal law; and
    11    (iii) be made available to all students, including students with disa-
    12  bilities and English language learners.
    13    b. A CPE pathway to a diploma shall be based  on  a  course  of  study
    14  designed  to  provide  students  with practical knowledge and skills and
    15  shall demonstrate that the student is ready for a career  as  determined
    16  by regulations of the board of regents. A CPE pathway to a diploma shall
    17  include, but not be limited to:
    18    (i) completion of a CPE course of study;
    19    (ii) completion of school given final exams;
    20    (iii) completion of work-based learning experiences as provided by the
    21  state approved program; and
    22    (iv) completion of a work-skills employability profile.
    23    c.  For  purposes  of  this  section, a career and practical education
    24  shall include, but not be limited to, a course of study in the following
    25  career fields: agriculture education, business and marketing  education,

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01086-01-1
        A. 5258                             2

     1  family  and  consumer  sciences education, health occupations education,
     2  technical education, technology education, practical arts education  and
     3  trade and industrial education.
     4    2.  The  board  of  regents  shall  promulgate such regulations to the
     5  commissioner as may be necessary to create the  curriculum,  assessments
     6  and  any  other  criteria  that  students must achieve to earn a general
     7  diploma via a CPE pathway.
     8    3. Students first entering twelfth grade in the two  thousand  twenty-
     9  one--two  thousand twenty-two school year and thereafter shall be eligi-
    10  ble to earn a diploma via a CPE pathway.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.