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STATE OF NEW YORK
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7591--C

2011-2012 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

May 10, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. NOLAN, ROSENTHAL, P. RIVERA, CLARK, JAFFEE, STEV-
  ENSON,  BENEDETTO, MILLMAN, O'DONNELL, CASTRO -- Multi-Sponsored by --
  M. of A.  ABBATE, DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the  Committee
  on  Education  -- recommitted to the Committee on Education in accord-
  ance with Assembly Rule  3,  sec.  2  --  committee  discharged,  bill
  amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
  tee -- again reported from said  committee  with  amendments,  ordered
  reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- reported and
  referred  to  the Committee on Ways and Means -- committee discharged,
  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended  and  recommitted  to  said
  committee

AN  ACT in relation to directing the department of education, the office
  of children and family services and the department of health to  iden-
  tify  and  review  standards,  guidelines  and criteria for education,
  development or learning in programs

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  The  department  of education, the office of children and
family services and the department of health, each  shall  identify  and
review existing standards, guidelines and criteria for education, devel-
opment  or learning in programs under its jurisdiction for children from
birth to five years of age including day care centers.
  S 2. The department of education, the office of  children  and  family
services and the department of health shall submit one report which sets
out:
  (a)  each department's or agency's review of its standards, guidelines
and criteria as required in section one of this act;
  (b) the standards, guidelines and  criteria  identified  and  reviewed
pursuant  to section one of this act that are aligned among all programs
under the jurisdiction of the department of  education,  the  office  of

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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children  and  family services and the department of health for children
from birth through five years of age;
  (c)  the  standards,  guidelines  and criteria identified and reviewed
pursuant to section one of this act  that  are  not  aligned  among  all
programs  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the department of education, the
office of children and family services and the department of health  for
children from birth through five years of age; and
  (d)  recommendations  regarding the alignment of standards, guidelines
and criteria for education or learning  among  the  programs  under  the
jurisdiction  of the department of education, the office of children and
family services and the  department  of  health.  The  report  shall  be
submitted  to the governor, speaker of the assembly, temporary president
of the senate, and chairs of the assembly and senate  education  commit-
tees by June 30, 2013.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.