New York A 4930: Relates to the creation of an adult high school workforce development demonstration project

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A04930 Summary:

BILL NOA04930 

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SAME ASSAME AS S03270

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SPONSORBronson

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COSPNSRColton, Meeks, Clark

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 107 §§5300 - 5303, Ed L

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Creates an adult high school workforce development demonstration project in Rochester; defines "adult high school workforce development demonstration project" or "program" to mean a private or independent high school registered by the department which provides adult learners with an appropriate academic environment, career credentialing programs and access to wraparound services provided by the operator or any entity partnered which such operator to address barriers to enable adult learners to pursue and obtain, subject to satisfactory completion of the requirements set forth within this article, a high school diploma.

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BILL NOA04930 

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02/10/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4930

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 10, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. BRONSON, COLTON, MEEKS, CLARK -- read once and
 referred to the Committee on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the creation of an
 adult high school workforce development demonstration project

 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 article 107 to
 2 read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 107
 4 ADULT HIGH SCHOOL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT DEMONSTRATION PROJECT
 5 Section 5300. Legislative findings.
 6 5301. Definitions.
 7 5302. Adult high school workforce development demonstration
 8 project.
 9 5303. Term of project; option to make permanent.
 10 § 5300. Legislative findings. Several states have successfully imple-
 11 mented secondary education programs geared towards the unique needs of
 12 adult learners and which lead to a high school diploma. By coupling
 13 rigorous academic curricula, under the high school credit accrual model,
 14 with training programs that lead to credentials for in-demand jobs and
 15 extensive wraparound support services to address barriers to success,
 16 these programs create an adult-oriented learning environment conducive
 17 to success. The Legislature hereby declares that a properly structured
 18 secondary education program for adult learners would reduce poverty
 19 levels by helping such individuals transition to the workforce or to
 20 post-secondary education.
 21 The City of Rochester area has more than thirty-seven thousand work-
 22 ing-age adults without high school diplomas or the equivalent, contrib-
 23 uting to the fact that its poverty rate is higher than in all eighteen
 24 "benchmark cities" of similar size and third-worst among the seventy-
 25 five largest American cities. The child poverty rate in Rochester is

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 1 forty-eight percent. Across the state, it is estimated there are more
 2 than one million nine hundred thousand adults without high school diplo-
 3 mas.
 4 § 5301. Definitions. As used in this article:
 5 1. "Adult high school workforce development demonstration project" or
 6 "program" means a private or independent high school registered by the
 7 department which provides adult learners with an appropriate academic
 8 environment, career credentialing programs and access to wraparound
 9 services provided by the operator or any entity partnered with such
 10 operator to address barriers to enable adult learners to pursue and
 11 obtain, subject to satisfactory completion of the requirements set forth
 12 within this article, a high school diploma. Such program shall award
 13 high school diplomas based on credit attainment in accordance with 8
 14 NYCRR 100.5. For purposes of the program, such adult high school work-
 15 force development demonstration project shall be located within the
 16 corporate boundaries of the city of Rochester as defined by the offic