Bill Text: NY A09895 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to transportable classroom units.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 28-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-06-19 - REFERRED TO RULES [A09895 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A09895-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         9895
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    April 20, 2012
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. NOLAN, BENEDETTO, CRESPO, GIBSON, JAFFEE, LANC-
         MAN, MAISEL, MARKEY, M. MILLER, P. RIVERA, SCARBOROUGH, TITONE,  TITUS
         -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ABBATE, GLICK, REILLY, SIMANOWITZ --
         read once and referred to the Committee on Education
       AN  ACT  to amend the education law, in relation to transportable class-
         room units
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Section  2556 of the education law is amended by adding a
    2  new subdivision 15 to read as follows:
    3    15. A. THE CHANCELLOR OF A CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN  A  CITY  HAVING  A
    4  POPULATION  OF  ONE  MILLION  OR  MORE SHALL COMPILE AN INVENTORY OF AND
    5  ISSUE A WRITTEN REPORT ABOUT TRANSPORTABLE  CLASSROOM  UNITS  ("TCU"  OR
    6  ALSO COMMONLY KNOWN AS A "TRAILER"). SUCH INVENTORY AND REPORT SHALL:
    7    (I)  IDENTIFY  EACH  TRANSPORTABLE  CLASSROOM UNIT LOCATED IN THE CITY
    8  SCHOOL DISTRICT. EACH TRANSPORTABLE CLASSROOM UNIT SHALL  BE  IDENTIFIED
    9  BY  THE  COMMUNITY  SCHOOL  DISTRICT IN WHICH IT IS LOCATED, ITS ADDRESS
   10  WITH IDENTIFICATION OF ANY SCHOOL BUILDING IT IS PART OF  OR  ASSOCIATED
   11  WITH,  ITS  APPROXIMATE SIZE, ITS AGE, AND A DESCRIPTION OF ITS PHYSICAL
   12  CONDITION;
   13    (II) IDENTIFY THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS SERVED WITHIN EACH  TRANSPORTABLE
   14  CLASSROOM  UNIT, INCLUDING THE GRADE LEVEL OF SUCH STUDENTS, IF APPLICA-
   15  BLE, THE AVERAGE CLASS SIZE WITHIN EACH  TRANSPORTABLE  CLASSROOM  UNIT,
   16  AND  A  DESCRIPTION  OF  THE AMOUNT OF THE SCHOOL DAY THE STUDENTS SPEND
   17  WITHIN EACH TRANSPORTABLE CLASSROOM UNIT;
   18    (III) DESCRIBE ANY CAPITAL PLAN PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO  EACH  TRANS-
   19  PORTABLE  CLASSROOM  UNIT,  IF  NO  CAPITAL  PLAN PROVISION EXISTS FOR A
   20  PARTICULAR TRANSPORTABLE CLASSROOM UNIT THEN INDICATE  TO  THAT  EFFECT;
   21  AND
   22    (IV)  INCLUDE  A  PLAN, THAT SHALL BE INCORPORATED WITHIN ANY PROPOSED
   23  AMENDMENT TO THE CURRENT CAPITAL PLAN, FOR REDUCING THE NUMBER OF TRANS-
   24  PORTABLE CLASSROOM UNITS WITHIN THE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT DURING THE TIME
   25  FRAME OF THE CURRENT CAPITAL PLAN.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD15288-01-2
       A. 9895                             2
    1    B. ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER  THIRTY-FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  THIRTEEN,  THE
    2  CHANCELLOR  SHALL  SUBMIT THE INVENTORY AND REPORT, COMPILED PURSUANT TO
    3  PARAGRAPH A OF THIS SUBDIVISION, TO THE GOVERNOR, THE  TEMPORARY  PRESI-
    4  DENT  OF  THE  SENATE,  THE  SPEAKER  OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE CHAIRS OF THE
    5  SENATE AND ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES ON EDUCATION, AND THE DEPARTMENT.
    6    S  2.  Section  2590-h of the education law is amended by adding a new
    7  subdivision 53 to read as follows:
    8    53. TO COMPILE AN INVENTORY OF AND ISSUE A WRITTEN  REPORT  ABOUT  THE
    9  TRANSPORTABLE  CLASSROOM  UNITS IN THE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, AS REQUIRED
   10  BY SUBDIVISION FIFTEEN OF SECTION TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY-SIX OF  THIS
   11  TITLE.
   12    S  3.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
   13  the amendment made to section 2590-h of the education law by section two
   14  of this act shall not affect the expiration of such section and shall be
   15  deemed to expire therewith.