New York S 4011: Establishes a parent and student training center within the City University of New York

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S04011 Summary:

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Establishes a parent and student training center within the City University of New York.

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01/31/2025REFERRED TO NEW YORK CITY EDUCATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO NEW YORK CITY EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4011

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 31, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on New York City Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing a parent
 and student training center within the City University of New York

 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 2590-w
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 2590-w. Parent training. 1. The City University of New York shall
 4 operate a parent and student training center, known as the parent train-
 5 ing center ("center") for the support and training of parents or persons
 6 in parental relation to a student or students attending public school in
 7 the city of New York. Such training shall occur in each of the five
 8 boroughs. The center shall design and implement programs for parent
 9 engagement within public schools in the city of New York, coordinating,
 10 where appropriate, with the city school district of the city of New
 11 York. The center shall:
 12 (a) conduct training and support programs for parents in order to
 13 increase their capacity to participate in and engage with local,
 14 district, and city-wide school governance and participatory structures
 15 designed to support and include parental and student input including but
 16 not limited to school leadership teams, community education councils,
 17 district leadership teams, parent associations, city-wide councils and
 18 other existing formal governance and participatory structures designed
 19 to support and include parental and student input;
 20 (b) conduct outreach and recruitment to increase diversity in the
 21 above listed governance and participatory structures to better reflect
 22 the diverse composition of the represented community, with an emphasis
 23 on providing resources and training in community districts where gradu-
 24 ation and retention rates are in the lower half of the city-wide gradu-
 25 ation and retention rates;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07374-01-5

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 1 (c) implement programs to enhance parents' ability to support
 2 students' educational success, including support for parents to help
 3 them communicate with school administrators and teachers, track their
 4 child's performance, and foster an environment for learning at home;
 5 (d) assist parents and students in interacting with city school
 6 district personnel and in developing an understanding of the function,
 7 structure and operations of the city of New York department of educa-
 8 tion, including providing basic information concerning special education
 9 programs, gifted and talented programs, English Language Learner
 10 programs, school improvement strategies, school budget, enrollment
 11 procedures, and state and city structures and policies that impact
 12 education, and the effect of such strategies, procedures, structures and
 13 policies on the education being provided by the student's school;
 14 (e) encourage student based college counseling initiatives designed to
 15 increase the rate of college enrollment and train students to become
 16 youth leaders, including but not limited to Student Success Centers.
 17 2. Priority in designing and implementing programs shall be given to
 18 schools and districts in which there is low overall academic achievement
 19 by students or which have a high density of English language learning
 20 students or low-income families. Schools wit