New York S 5957: Relates to admission to a specialized high school in the city of New York

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S05957 Summary:

BILL NOS05957 

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Amd §2590-h, add §2590-h-1, Ed L

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Relates to admission to a specialized high school in the city of New York.

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BILL NOS05957 

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03/04/2025REFERRED TO EDUCATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5957

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 4, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Education

 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[:]
 6 The Bronx High School of Science, Stuyvesant High School, Brooklyn
 7 Technical High School, Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music [and
 8 the Arts in the borough of Manhattan] & Art and Performing Arts, and
 9 such [further] additional schools [which the city board may designate]
 10 as may be designated by the chancellor from time to time. The [special]
 11 specialized high schools shall be permitted to maintain a discovery
 12 program in accordance with the law in effect on the date preceding the
 13 effective date of this section; provided that the requirement that a
 14 student who is considered for the discovery program attend and pass a
 15 preparatory program administered by the specialized high school, demon-
 16 strating thereby such student's ability to successfully cope with the
 17 specialized high school program, shall refer to a program that can take
 18 place during the school year or the summer; admissions to the [special]
 19 specialized high schools shall be conducted in accordance with [the law
 20 in effect on the date preceding the effective date of this] section
 21 twenty-five hundred ninety-h-l of this article;
 22 § 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 2590-h of the education
 23 law, as amended by chapter 720 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read
 24 as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10491-01-5

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 1 (b) all specialized [senior] high schools. The [special] specialized
 2 high schools shall include the [present] schools known as[:]
 3 The Bronx High School of Science, Stuyvesant High School, Brooklyn
 4 Technical High School, Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music [and
 5 the Arts in the borough of Manhattan] & Art and Performing Arts, and
 6 such [further] additional schools [which the city board may designate]
 7 as may be designated by the chancellor from time to time. The [special]
 8 specialized high schools shall be permitted to maintain a discovery
 9 program in accordance with the law in effect on the date preceding the
 10 effective date of this section; provided that the requirement that a
 11 student who is considered for the discovery program attend and pass a
 12 preparatory program administered by the specialized high school, demon-
 13 strating thereby such student's ability to successfully cope with the
 14 specialized high school program, shall refer to a program that can take
 15 place during the school year or the summer; admissions to the [special]
 16 specialized high schools shall be conducted in accordance with [the law
 17 in effect on the date preceding the effective date of this] section
 18 twenty-five hundred ninety-h-1 of this article;
 19 § 3. The education law is amended by adding a new section 2590-h-1 to
 20 read as follows:
 21 § 2590-h-1. Admissions to the specialized high schools. 1. Admissions
 22 to the specialized high schools shall be conducted in accordance with