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A00672 Summary:

BILL NO	A00672
SAME AS	SAME AS S01821
SPONSOR	Rozic
COSPNSR	Seawright, Lunsford, Bores
MLTSPNSR
Amd §305, Ed L
Requires school districts to screen for gifted and talented students; provides the parents or guardians of such students the option to opt out of such screening.

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A00672 Actions:

BILL NO	A00672
01/11/2023	referred to education
01/03/2024	referred to education

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A00672 Committee Votes:

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A00672 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           672
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 11, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. ROZIC, SEAWRIGHT -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Education
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education  law, in relation to school districts
          screening for gifted and talented students
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 60 to read as follows:
     3    60.  a.  The commissioner shall require all school districts to screen
     4  for gifted and talented students. Such students shall be screened  prior
     5  to entering third grade.
     6    b.  School  districts  shall  provide notice of such screening to each
     7  student and to the parent or guardian of each student enrolled  in  such
     8  school district.  The notice shall:
     9    (i)  be  printed  in a clear and conspicuous manner and shall describe
    10  such screening methods; and
    11    (ii) give the parent or guardian of such student  the  opportunity  to
    12  opt out of such screening by checking the box "do not screen my child".
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    14  it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02256-01-3

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