STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4518--A 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 16, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BENEDETTO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to admission to the specialized high schools in the city of New York The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 2590-h of the 2 education law, as amended by chapter 345 of the laws of 2009, is amended 3 to read as follows: 4 (b) all specialized [senior] high schools. The [special] specialized 5 high schools shall include the [present] schools known as[:] The Bronx 6 High School of Science, Stuyvesant High School, Brooklyn Technical High 7 School, Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music [and the Arts in the 8 borough of Manhattan] & Art and Performing Arts, and such [further] 9 additional schools [which the city board may designate] as may be desig- 10 nated by the chancellor from time to time[. The special schools shall be 11 permitted to maintain a discovery program in accordance with the law in 12 effect on the date preceding the effective date of this section; admis- 13 sions to the special schools shall be conducted in accordance with the 14 law in effect on the date preceding the effective date of this section]; 15 § 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 2590-h of the education 16 law, as amended by chapter 720 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read 17 as follows: 18 (b) all specialized [senior] high schools. The [special] specialized 19 high schools shall include the [present] schools known as[:] The Bronx 20 High School of Science, Stuyvesant High School, Brooklyn Technical High 21 School, Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music [and the Arts in the 22 borough of Manhattan] & Art and Performing Arts, and such [further] 23 additional schools [which the city board may designate] as may be desig- 24 nated by the chancellor from time to time[. The special schools shall be EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07979-02-3
A. 4518--A 2 1 permitted to maintain a discovery program in accordance with the law in 2 effect on the date preceding the effective date of this section; admis- 3 sions to the special schools shall be conducted in accordance with the 4 law in effect on the date preceding the effective date of this section]; 5 § 3. This act shall take effect January 1, 2025, provided that the 6 amendments to paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 2590-h of the 7 education law made by section one of this act shall be subject to the 8 expiration and reversion of such section pursuant to subdivision 12 of 9 section 17 of chapter 345 of the laws of 2009, as amended, when upon 10 such date the provisions of section two of this act shall take effect.