New York S 5523: Relates to the creation of a pre-specialized high schools admissions test and preparation program

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S05523 Summary:

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Creates a pre-specialized high schools admissions test and preparation program for all sixth grade students in New York city.

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02/24/2025REFERRED TO EDUCATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 5523

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 24, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- 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 the creation of a
 pre-specialized high schools admissions test and preparation program

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 2590-h of the education law is amended by adding a
 2 new subdivision 57 to read as follows:
 3 57. Establish, in conjunction with the appropriate New York city
 4 department of education officials, a test preparation program for
 5 students in the sixth grade culminating in a pre-specialized high
 6 schools admissions test to be administered in May or June of each year.
 7 Such test preparation and the pre-specialized high schools admissions
 8 test shall be available to all sixth grade students free of charge
 9 during the regular operating hours of the school day. Parents may
 10 choose for their student to not be a part of the test preparation
 11 program. Upon completion of the program, each student, their parents,
 12 and their school shall receive a gap analysis. Schools shall use each
 13 student's gap analysis to tailor the student's instruction to meet the
 14 needs of the student including, but not limited to, the use of the
 15 specialized high schools admissions test intensive or any other New York
 16 city department of education program available.
 17 § 2. Section 2590-h of the education law is amended by adding a new
 18 subdivision 39 to read as follows:
 19 39. Establish, in conjunction with the appropriate New York city
 20 department of education officials, a test preparation program for
 21 students in the sixth grade culminating in a pre-specialized high
 22 schools admissions test to be administered in May or June of each year.
 23 Such test preparation and the pre-specialized high schools admissions
 24 test shall be available to all sixth grade students free of charge
 25 during the regular operating hours of the school day. Parents may

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08538-01-5

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 1 choose for their student to not be a part of the test preparation
 2 program. Upon completion of the program, each student, their parents,
 3 and their school shall receive a gap analysis. Schools shall use each
 4 student's gap analysis to tailor the student's instruction to meet the
 5 needs of the student including, but not limited to, the use of the
 6 specialized high schools admissions test intensive or any other New York
 7 city department of education program available.
 8 § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
 9 the date on which it shall have become a law; provided that the amend-
 10 ments to section 2590-h of the education law, made by section one of
 11 this act, shall be subject to the expiration and reversion of such
 12 section, pursuant to subdivision 12 of section 17 of chapter 345 of the
 13 laws of 2009, as amended, when upon such date the provisions of section
 14 two of this act shall take effect. Effective immediately, the addition,
 15 amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the
 16 implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be
 17 made and completed on or before such effective date.

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