Assembly Bill A10040

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to creating advanced placement coursework opportunities

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A10040 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7754
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §305, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A7423, S3130
2017-2018: S1447

2013-A10040 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to creating advanced placement coursework opportunities.

2013-A10040 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  10040

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 10, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Nolan, Sima-
  nowitz) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education law, in relation to creating advanced
  placement coursework opportunities

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

  Section  1.  Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding two
new subdivisions 52 and 53 to read as follows:
  52. (A) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DEVELOP A GRANT PROGRAM TO ASSIST LOCAL
SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN AN EFFORT TO EITHER  ESTABLISH  OR  EXPAND  ADVANCED
PLACEMENT  PROGRAMS.  SCHOOLS  WHICH  CURRENTLY  OFFER  FEWER  THAN FOUR
ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSES AND HAVE AN UNMET ADVANCED  PLACEMENT  POTEN-
TIAL  SHALL  BE  GIVEN  PREFERENCE  FOR  SUCH  FUNDING. FUNDING FOR SUCH
ASSISTANCE SHALL INCLUDE: RECOGNIZED  TRAINING  THAT  PROVIDES  TEACHERS
WITH THE NECESSARY CONTENT KNOWLEDGE AND INSTRUCTIONAL SKILLS TO PREPARE
STUDENTS  FOR  SUCCESS  IN  ADVANCED  PLACEMENT  COURSES AND ON ADVANCED
PLACEMENT EXAMINATIONS, AND COURSE START-UP  COSTS  SUCH  AS  CURRICULUM
MATERIALS,  NECESSARY  LABORATORY EQUIPMENT AND OTHER MATERIALS REQUIRED
FOR THE OFFERING OF SUCH COURSES. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL  DEVELOP  ADDI-
TIONAL  GRANT-ELIGIBILITY  CRITERIA  AND  SHALL  AWARD FUNDS TO APPLYING
SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACCORDINGLY.
  (B) THE LEGISLATURE SHALL APPROPRIATE STATE MONIES AS MAY BE NECESSARY
TO IMPLEMENT SUCH PROGRAM IN ACCORDANCE  WITH  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS
SUBDIVISION.
  53. (A) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DEVELOP A MECHANISM TO FUND, FOR FINAN-
CIALLY ELIGIBLE STUDENTS, THE PORTION OF THE ADVANCED PLACEMENT EXAM FEE
THAT  IS  NOT CURRENTLY FUNDED BY THE FEDERAL ADVANCE PLACEMENT TEST FEE
PROGRAM, THE COLLEGE BOARD TEST FEE WAIVER AND THE SCHOOL TEST  PROCESS-
ING FEE WAIVER.
  (B) THE LEGISLATURE SHALL APPROPRIATE STATE MONIES AS MAY BE NECESSARY
TO  IMPLEMENT  SUCH  MECHANISM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
SUBDIVISION.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15423-02-4

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