New York Assembly Bill A01349 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1349--A 2023-2024 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 17, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BUTTENSCHON, BARRETT, BRAUNSTEIN, BRONSON, COLTON, COOK, CRUZ, DARLING, DICKENS, EPSTEIN, FAHY, HUNTER, JACOBSON, JONES, LUNSFORD, LUPARDO, OTIS, PAULIN, PHEFFER AMATO, REYES, L. ROSENTHAL, ROZIC, SANTABARBARA, SAYEGH, STIRPE, WALKER, WEPRIN, WOERNER, WILLIAMS, ZEBROWSKI, DE LOS SANTOS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education -- recommitted to the Committee on Education in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing a career and technical education diploma The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 818 to 2 read as follows: 3 § 818. Career and technical education pathway to a high school diplo- 4 ma. 1. a. A career and technical education (CTE) pathway to a high 5 school diploma is hereby established. A CTE pathway to a diploma, if 6 made available by a school district shall: 7 (i) result in a regents or local diploma; 8 (ii) differ from the traditional requirements to a regents or local 9 diploma with respect to required assessments, except as otherwise 10 required by federal law; 11 (iii) be made available to all students, including, but not limited to 12 students with disabilities and English language learners. 13 b. A CTE pathway to a diploma shall be based on a course of study 14 designed to provide students with technical knowledge and skills and 15 shall demonstrate that the student is ready for a career as determined 16 by regulations of the commissioner. A CTE pathway to a diploma shall 17 include, but not be limited to: 18 (i) completion of a CTE course of study; EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04944-02-4 
 A. 1349--A 2 1 (ii) completion of a three-part technical assessment; 2 (iii) completion of work-based learning experiences as provided by the 3 state approved program; and 4 (iv) completion of a work-skills employability profile. 5 c. For purposes of this section, a career and technical education 6 shall include, but not be limited to, a course of study in the following 7 career fields: agriculture education, business and marketing education, 8 family and consumer sciences education, health occupations education, 9 technical education, technology education, and trade and industrial 10 education. 11 2. The board of regents shall promulgate such regulations of the 12 commissioner as may be necessary to establish the curriculum, assess- 13 ments and any other criteria that students must achieve to earn a 14 regents or local diploma via a CTE pathway. 15 3. Students first entering ninth grade in the two thousand twenty- 16 four--two thousand twenty-five school year and thereafter shall be 17 eligible to earn a diploma via a CTE pathway if made available by a 18 school district. 19 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Effective immediately, 20 the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation neces- 21 sary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are 22 authorized to be made and completed on or before such date.