A10233A-2011 Actions

• Jun 21, 2012: substituted by s7718a
• Jun 19, 2012: amended on third reading 10233a
• Jun 19, 2012: vote reconsidered - restored to third reading
• Jun 19, 2012: RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
• Jun 19, 2012: recalled from senate
• Jun 14, 2012: REFERRED TO RULES
• Jun 14, 2012: delivered to senate
• Jun 14, 2012: passed assembly
• Jun 11, 2012: ordered to third reading rules cal.130
• Jun 11, 2012: rules report cal.130
• Jun 11, 2012: reported
• Jun 6, 2012: reported referred to rules
• May 15, 2012: referred to education

A10233A-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 10233--A
 R. R. 130
 I N  ASSEMBLY
 May 15, 2012
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. NOLAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Education -- passed  by  Assembly  and  delivered  to  the  Senate,
 recalled  from  the  Senate,  vote reconsidered, bill amended, ordered
 reprinted, retaining its place on the special order of third reading
 

AN ACT to amend the  education  law,  in  relation  to  allowing  school
 districts to schedule August conference days
 

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

 

Section 1. Subdivision 8 of section 3604  of  the  education  law,  as
 amended  by  section  46 of part H of chapter 83 of the laws of 2002, is
 amended to read as follows:

 8. No school shall be in session on a Saturday  or  a  legal  holiday,
 except  general election day, Washington's birthday and Lincoln's birth
 day, and except that driver education classes  may  be  conducted  on  a
 Saturday. A deficiency not exceeding [three] FOUR days during any school
 year caused by teachers' attendance upon conferences held by superinten
 dents  of  schools  of  city  school districts or other school districts
 employing superintendents of schools shall be excused by the commission
 er, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW,  RULE  OR  REGULATION  TO  THE
 CONTRARY,  A  SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY ELECT TO SCHEDULE SUCH CONFERENCE DAYS
 IN THE LAST TWO  WEEKS  OF  AUGUST,  SUBJECT  TO  COLLECTIVE  BARGAINING
 REQUIREMENTS  PURSUANT TO ARTICLE FOURTEEN OF THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW, AND
 SUCH DAYS SHALL BE COUNTED TOWARDS THE REQUIRED ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY  DAYS
 OF  SESSION,  provided  however, [notwithstanding any other provision of
 law, that during the nineteen hundred  ninety-two--ninety-three  through
 the  two  thousand  two--two thousand three school years and thereafter,
 the] THAT SUCH SCHEDULING SHALL NOT ALTER THE OBLIGATION OF  THE  SCHOOL
 DISTRICT  TO PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION TO STUDENTS IN NON-PUBLIC ELEMENTARY
 AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS OR CHARTER SCHOOLS. THE commissioner shall  excuse
 a  deficiency  not exceeding four days during such school year caused by
 teachers' attendance upon  conferences  held  by  such  superintendents,
 provided  that at least two such conference days during such school year
 shall be dedicated to staff attendance upon conferences providing  staff
 development  relating  to implementation of the new high learning stand
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15776-04-2
 
       A. 10233--A                         2
 ards and assessments, as adopted by the board of regents.  Notwithstand
 ing  any  other  provision  of  law, rule or regulation to the contrary,
 school districts may elect to use one or more of such allowable  confer
 ence  days  in  units  of  not  less than one hour each to provide staff
 development activities relating to implementation of the new high learn
 ing standards and assessments.  A  district  making  such  election  may
 provide  such  staff  development  during  the regularly scheduled daily
 session and apply such units to satisfy a deficiency in  the  length  of
 one  or  more  daily  sessions of instruction for pupils as specified in
 regulations of the commissioner. The commissioner shall assure that such
 conference days  include  appropriate  school  violence  prevention  and
 intervention  training,  and  may require that up to one such conference
 day be dedicated for such purpose.
 

S 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.

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