Relates to establishing fair, equitable and appropriate English language testing requirements for certain students with limited English proficiency; provides that students who enter New York schools after the eighth grade are provided an alternative to the English regents exam in order to be awarded a high school diploma.

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A7562-2011 Actions

• Jan 4, 2012: referred to education
• May 10, 2011: referred to education

A7562-2011 Text

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

                                    7562

                         2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  ASSEMBLY

                                May 10, 2011
                                 ___________

  Introduced by M. of A. ARROYO -- read once and referred to the Committee
    on Education

  AN  ACT  to  amend  the education law, in relation to establishing fair,
    equitable and appropriate English language  testing  requirements  for
    certain students

    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 a new
  subdivision 42 to read as follows:

    42. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, RULE OR REGULATION  TO
  THE  CONTRARY,  THE  COMMISSIONER,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE BOARD OF
  REGENTS, SHALL DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES WHICH  WILL
  PERMIT  PUPILS  OF LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY WHO FIRST ENROLL IN A NEW
  YORK STATE SCHOOL AFTER GRADE EIGHT, AND WHO MEET ALL OTHER REQUIREMENTS
  FOR GRADUATION, TO BE ALLOWED TO MEET THE  ENGLISH  REGENTS  EXAMINATION
  REQUIREMENT BY:

    (A) PASSING A NATIVE LANGUAGE ARTS TEST; AND
    (B) DEMONSTRATING ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AT A LEVEL COMMENSURATE
  WITH  THE NUMBER OF YEARS OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION AS MEASURED BY
  AN ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT   APPROVED BY  THE
  COMMISSIONER.
    S  2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply beginning
  in the 2012-2013 school year.



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