S3389-2013 Actions

• May 14, 2013: PRINT NUMBER 3389A
• May 14, 2013: AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION
• Feb 1, 2013: REFERRED TO EDUCATION

S3389-2013 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S3389

TITLE  OF  BILL:    An  act  to  amend the education law, in relation to
requiring school districts to establish programs for gifted pupils

PURPOSE:  The purpose of this legislation is to  add  a  gifted  program
into every school district in the state.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1: A new section 4454 is added to the education law.

Section 2: Effective date.

JUSTIFICATION:   This legislation would require every school district in
the State to establish a gifted and talented program for pupils who meet
the criteria established in the Education Law. Also required  of  school
districts  is the establishment of an ongoing identification process for
gifted students  starting  in  kindergarten  and  continuing  until  the
twelfth grade.

New  York  State is one of only eight states that fail to mandate Gifted
Education and for providence of dedicated funding for Gifted  Education.
Currently,  there  is  an inequity of sufficient appropriate educational
opportunities for gifted students across the state: Some urban and weal-
thy suburban districts provide sufficient appropriate education to gift-
ed students; many rural and urban districts fail to provide these oppor-
tunities.

By offering gifted and talented students an appropriate  education,  New
York  State  makes itself more attractive for new high technology indus-
tries looking for a highly educated work force.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:  2011: S.3301 Referred to Education Committee 2012:
S.3301 Referred to Education Committee

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:  While some school districts in the state currently
have a gifted and talented program, there  are  many  who  do  not.  The
fiscal implications are yet to be determined.

EFFECTIVE  DATE:    This act shall take effect on the first of July next
succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.

S3389-2013 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 
                                         3389
 2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 February 1, 2013
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
 

AN ACT to amend the education  law,  in  relation  to  requiring  school
 districts to establish programs for gifted pupils
 

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

 

Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new  section  4454
 to read as follows:

 

S  4454. GIFTED AND TALENTED PROGRAM.  1. EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THIS
 STATE SHALL ESTABLISH A DISTRICT-WIDE GIFTED AND  TALENTED  PROGRAM  FOR
 PUPILS  WHO  MEET THE CRITERIA ESTABLISHED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION
 FORTY-FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY-TWO OF THIS ARTICLE, AND SHALL  BE  RESPONSIBLE
 FOR ENSURING THAT APPROPRIATE INSTRUCTIONAL ADAPTATIONS ARE DESIGNED AND
 DELIVERED FOR SUCH PUPILS.
 2.  EACH  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  SHALL  ESTABLISH AN ONGOING IDENTIFICATION
 PROCESS FOR GIFTED PUPILS INITIATED IN KINDERGARTEN AND REVIEWED ANNUAL
 LY THROUGH GRADE TWELVE. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL ENSURE THAT THE IDEN
 TIFICATION METHODOLOGY USED IS DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE,  NON-DISCRI
 MINATORY, AND RELATED TO THE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES OFFERED.
 3.  THE  DEPARTMENT SHALL PROVIDE EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH CURRICULUM
 FRAMEWORKS WHICH SHALL SUGGEST A VARIETY OF  ACTIVITIES  AND  STRATEGIES
 THAT MAY ASSIST IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL CURRICULA FOR GIFTED PUPILS.
 SUCH  FRAMEWORKS  SHALL ADDRESS ADAPTATIONS THAT ARE EDUCATIONALLY CHAL
 LENGING FOR GIFTED PUPILS IN CORE SUBJECT AREAS  AS  IDENTIFIED  BY  THE
 DEPARTMENT.
 4.  IN  ADDITION,  THE  SCHOOL  BOARDS  OF  EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL
 ENCOURAGE THE ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE  COMMUNITY,
 BUSINESS,  INDUSTRY,  LABOR,  AND HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF
 THE GIFTED AND TALENTED PROGRAM.
 

S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July  next  succeeding
 the  date  on  which it shall have become a law; provided, however, that
 the commissioner of education is authorized to promulgate any rules  and
 regulations necessary for the effective implementation of this act on or
 before such date.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08262-01-3

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