What's happening
This bill requires an annual public report on the race and ethnicity of all individuals taking New York civil service exams.
Why it matters
Increases transparency. about who is participating in the New York civil service exam process, helping to identify trends or disparities in access and representation by race and ethnicity.
Enables informed policy decisions. by providing lawmakers, advocates, and the public with annual data that can highlight potential barriers or inequities in the hiring pipeline for public sector jobs.
Supports accountability. for state agencies and the civil service commission by requiring public reporting and making this information easily accessible online, encouraging ongoing scrutiny and improvements.
Lays groundwork for equity initiatives. by creating a data foundation that can be used to assess and address diversity in civil service employment, potentially leading to targeted outreach or reforms.
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Report Civil Service Exam Demographics
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- Referred to rules
- Delivered to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.357
- Rules report cal.357
- Reported
- Reported referred to rules
- Reference changed to ways and means
- Referred to governmental employees
- Referred to governmental employees
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Report Civil Service Exam Demographics
In Senate Committee · Civil Service And Pensions · Sponsor Kevin S. Parker
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STATE OF NEW YORK
6692
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 15, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. RAMOS, CRESPO, ARROYO, RODRIGUEZ, PICHARDO -read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees
AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to the creation of an annual report on the race and ethnic data of individuals who have taken a civil service examination
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 7 of the civil service law is amended by adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
8. The president of the commission shall collect data on the ethnicity and race of every individual who takes a civil service examination issued or approved by the department and the president shall prepare an annual report describing the data collected. Such report shall be published no later than November thirtieth of each year, beginning in two thousand twenty, and shall report information on the basis of the last completed state fiscal year. The report shall be delivered to the governor and the legislature and shall be made available to the public via the department's website.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07568-01-9
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