Assembly Bill A8686

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to administration of language assessment instruments to students receiving a program of bilingual education or English as a second language

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    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2013-A8686 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S419
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3204, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A9181, S6381
2015-2016: A193, S1021
2017-2018: A1290, S4186
2019-2020: A2269, S3342
2021-2022: S4397
2023-2024: S4572

2013-A8686 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to administration of language assessment instruments to students receiving a program of bilingual education or English as a second language.

2013-A8686 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8686

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 3, 2014
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the education law,  in  relation  to  administration  of
  language  assessment  instruments  to  students receiving a program of
  bilingual education or English as a second language

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

  Section  1.  Paragraph  3  of  subdivision  2-a of section 3204 of the
education law, as added by chapter 827 of the laws of 1982,  is  amended
to read as follows:
  3.  Eligibility  for  such  programs  shall  be based on the following
criteria. A pupil who by reason of foreign birth or  ancestry  speaks  a
language other than English, and either understands and speaks little or
no  English,  or who has been identified by any English language assess-
ment instrument approved by the  commissioner  as  a  pupil  of  limited
English  proficiency,  shall receive a program of bilingual education or
English as a second language in accordance with standards established by
the commissioner. [A] SUCH pupil's proficiency in the  English  language
shall  be measured [annually] by [such] A language assessment instrument
AFTER THE PUPIL HAS BEEN ENROLLED IN A PROGRAM OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION OR
ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE FOR A PERIOD OF  THREE  CONSECUTIVE  SCHOOL
YEARS  AND  ANNUALLY  THEREAFTER  in  order to determine further partic-
ipation in bilingual education or English as a second  language  program
in accordance with standards established by the commissioner, subject to
the provisions of subdivision two of this section. The parent or guardi-
an of a pupil designated as limited English proficient shall be informed
by  the local school authorities of the pupil's placement in an instruc-
tional program.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00690-01-3

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