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NY State Senate Bill S4031B
senate Bill S4031B
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Dec 12, 2019 signed chap.635
substituted for a8211a
Jun 13, 2019 print number 4031b
Jun 13, 2019 amend and recommit to finance
Jun 03, 2019 print number 4031a
Jun 03, 2019 amend and recommit to finance
Feb 25, 2019 referred to finance
S4031B
Establishes a commission for the educational advancement of multilingual learners in New York.
BILL NUMBER: S4031
An act to establish a commission for the educational advancement of
multilingual learners in New York; and providing for the repeal of such
To study and write a report on the best practices and legislative recom-
mendations to close the achievement gap and high school graduation rates
between multilingual learners and their English proficient peers from
kindergarten through twelfth grade. The report will advise the legisla-
ture, governor, board of regents, and the New York state education offi-
cials of the feasibility and cost to implement such practices in
Section 1 creates the commission, describes its purpose, outlines the
number of members, lists who appoints members, the expertise commission
members must have, when the commission may begin to act, and commission
members' expense reimbursement.
Section 2 provides legislative leaders, the governor, the chancellor of
board of regents, and the commissioner of the department of education,
30 days to submit their commission member appointments to the board of
Section 3 details the commission's staff and agency liaison needed to
support the commission in writing the best practices and legislative
Section 4 authorizes the commission to do any studies, inquiries,
surveys or analyses relevant to achieve it purpose; and allows the
commission to hold public hearings and private meetings.
Section 5 describes who will receive the best practices and legislative
recommendations report upon its completion; and a required completion
This bill would help close the achievement gap between multilingual
learners and their English proficient peers, as well as improve the
graduation rates of multilingual learners. This bill would create a
commission for the educational advancement of multilingual learners, to
write a best practices and legislative recommendations report, which
will emphasize the importance of policies and funding for the educa-
tional achievement of multilingual learning students to the legislature
and the governor. This bill would provide the legislature, the governor,
and the state with policies and budget recommendations for an often
ignored section of New York's kindergarten through high school student
population, that would ensure multilingual learners are provided for and
have the same access to education as their English proficient peers.
This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and deemed
AN ACT to establish a commission  for  the  educational  advancement  of
multilingual  learners  in  New  York; and providing for the repeal of
Section  1.  Commission  established. (a) A commission, to be known as
the commission for the educational advancement of multilingual learners,
hereafter referred to as the commission, is hereby created to study  and
write  a report on the best practices and legislative recommendations to
close the achievement gap  and  high  school  graduation  rates  between
multilingual learners and their English proficient peers from prekinder-
garten  through  twelfth  grade. The report will advise the legislature,
governor, board of regents, and New York state  education  officials  on
the best practices and legislative recommendations to close the achieve-
ment  gap;  and  the feasibility and cost to implement such practices in
(b) The commission shall be composed of  nine  members,  appointed  as
follows:  (i)  two  members shall be appointed by the governor; (ii) two
members shall be appointed by the speaker of  the  assembly;  (iii)  two
(iv) two members shall be appointed by the commissioner of the New  York
state  department of education; and (v) one member shall be the chancel-
lor of the board of regents or appointed thereof. The  commission  shall
be chaired by a person chosen by a majority vote at the first meeting of
the   commission.  The  vice-chairperson  of  the  commission  shall  be
appointed by the chairperson. Vacancies in the membership of the commis-
sion shall be filled in the manner provided for original appointments.
(c) The commission shall be made up of at  least:  (i)  one  education
professional  who  specializes in English to Speakers of Other Languages
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and Bilingual Programs; (ii) one teacher who has experience working with
multilingual students; (iii) one education professional who has  experi-
ence working with early childhood multilingual learners; (iv) one educa-
tion  professional  who  has  experience with multilingual newcomers and
high school graduation; and  (v)  one  education  professional  who  has
expertise in education equity of New York state students.
(e) The commission shall begin to act 30 days  after  this  act  shall
§  2.  Appointments to commission. The legislative leaders, the gover-
nor, the chancellor of the board of regents,  and  the  commissioner  of
education  shall  submit their appointments to the board of regents, and
the board of regents shall make appointments,  no  later  than  30  days
after this act becomes a law.
§  3.  Commission  staff  and  agency liaison. (a) The commissioner of
education shall designate such employees of the department of  education
as  are  reasonably necessary to provide support services to the commis-
sion. The commissioner of education shall appoint one or more  represen-
tatives  of the department of education to serve as liaison between such
department and the commission.
(b) All state agencies,  public  authorities,  public  benefit  corpo-
rations  and  any public-school district in New York state shall provide
such assistance as may be reasonably  requested  by  the  chair  of  the
(c)  The commission, acting by the chair of the commission, may employ
additional staff and consultants, who shall be paid from amounts  avail-
able to the commission for that purpose.
§ 4. Accomplishment of purpose. The commission shall be authorized and
empowered  to  undertake  any studies, inquiries, surveys or analyses it
may deem relevant. The commission shall meet and hold public hearings or
private meetings within or without the state, and  shall  have  all  the
powers of a legislative committee pursuant to the legislative law.
§  5.  Report  on  best practices and legislative recommendations. The
commission shall make a report of its findings, including any  recommen-
dations for legislative action as it may deem necessary and appropriate,
the assembly, the chairperson of the senate committee on education,  the
chairperson  of  the  senate  committee  on New York City education, the
chairperson of  the  assembly  committee  on  education,  the  board  of
regents,  and  the  commissioner of education no later than December 31,
§ 6. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
S4031A - Details
S4031A - Summary
S4031A - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4031A
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to establish a commission for the educational
advancement of multilingual learners in New York; and providing for the
To study and prepare a report on the best practices and legislative
recommendations to close the achievement gap and high school graduation
rates between multilingual learners and their English proficient peers
from kindergarten through twelfth grade. The report will advise the
legislature, governor, board of regents, and the New York state educa-
tion officials on the best practices, provide policy and legislative
recommendations to close the achievement gap; and the feasibility and
cost to implement such practices in schools.
Section 2 provides the governor, the speaker of the assembly, the tempo-
rary president of the senate, the minority leader of the assembly, the
minority leader of the senate, the chancellor of the board of regents,
and the commissioner of education shall submit their appointments no
later than 120 days after this act becomes a law.
recommendations report. The commissioner of education shall designate
such employees of the department of education as are reasonably neces-
sary to provide support services to the commission.
Section 4 authorizes the commission to do any studies, surveys or
analyses relevant to achieve its purpose. The commission shall meet and
hold at least five public hearings pursuant to section one, subdivision
This act shall take effect April 1, 2020 and shall expire and be deemed
repealed two years after such date, provided, however that if upon such
date an appropriation to the education department for the purposes of
implementing section one of this act shall not have been made, this act
shall take effect on the forty-fifth day after such appropriation is
made and shall expire and be deemed repealed two years after such date,
provided further that the director of the budget shall notify the legis-
lative bill drafting commission upon the occurrence of such appropri-
ation in order that the commission may maintain an accurate and timely
S4031A - Bill Text download pdf
Introduced  by  Sens.  JACKSON,  BIAGGI, KENNEDY, MAY, MYRIE, SALAZAR --
prepare  a  report on the best practices and legislative recommendations
to close the achievement gap and high school  graduation  rates  between
the  best  practices,  provide policy and legislative recommendations to
close the achievement gap; and the feasibility  and  cost  to  implement
such practices in schools.
(b)  The  commission shall be composed of eleven members, appointed as
follows: (i) two members shall be appointed by the  governor;  (ii)  two
members  shall  be  appointed  by the speaker of the assembly; (iii) two
(iv)  one member shall be appointed by the minority leader of the assem-
bly; (v) one member shall be appointed by the  minority  leader  of  the
senate;  (vi)  two  members  shall be appointed by the chancellor of the
board of regents; and (vii) one member shall be the commissioner of  the
New York state education department or appointed thereof who shall serve
as  chairperson  of the commission.   Vacancies in the membership of the
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commission shall be filled in the manner provided for original  appoint-
(c)  The  commission  shall  be made up of at least: (i) one education
professional who specializes in English to Speakers of  Other  Languages
multilingual  students; (iii) one education professional who has experi-
tion professional who has experience  with  multilingual  newcomers  and
high  school  graduation;  and  (v)  one  education professional who has
§  2.  Appointments  to  commission.  The governor, the speaker of the
the  assembly,  the minority leader of the senate, the chancellor of the
board of regents, and the commissioner of education shall  submit  their
appointments no later than 120 days after this act becomes a law.
§  3.  Commission staff and agency liaison. The commissioner of educa-
tion shall designate such employees of the department  of  education  as
are  reasonably necessary to provide support services to the commission.
The commissioner of education shall appoint one or more  representatives
of  the department of education to serve as liaison between such depart-
ment and the commission.
empowered to undertake any studies, surveys  or  analyses  it  may  deem
relevant.  The commission shall meet and hold at least five public hear-
ings, pursuant to subdivision (a) of section one of  this  act,  one  in
each of the following regions of the state: Long Island, the city of New
York, the city of Buffalo, the city of Syracuse and the city of Yonkers.
regents,  and the commissioner of education no later than one year after
§ 6. This act shall take effect April 1, 2020 and shall expire and  be
deemed  repealed  two  years after such date, provided, however, that if
upon such date an appropriation to  the  education  department  for  the
purposes  of  implementing  section  one of this act shall not have been
made, this act shall take effect  on  the  forty-fifth  day  after  such
appropriation  is made and shall expire and be deemed repealed two years
after such date, provided further that the director of the budget  shall
such appropriation in order that the commission may maintain an accurate
S4031B (ACTIVE) - Details
S4031B (ACTIVE) - Summary
S4031B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4031B
number of members, lists who appoints members, provides that vacancies
must be filled within 30 days, the expertise commission members must
have, when the commission may begin to act, and commission members'
recommendations report upon its completion; and that the report must be
submitted no later than one year after all appointments to the commis-
sion have been made.
population, which would ensure multilingual learners are provided for
and have the same access to education as their English proficient peers.
S4031B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
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commission shall be filled within 30 days in  the  manner  provided  for
all appointments to the commission have been made.