What's happening
This bill creates a new career and technical education (CTE) pathway for New York high school diplomas, available to all students.
Why it matters
Expands diploma options by allowing students to fulfill graduation requirements through hands-on, career-oriented education. , rather than traditional academic assessments, which may help students who struggle with standard testing or who are more interested in technical fields.
Aims to better align high school education with workforce needs. by requiring completion of real-world work-based learning experiences and employability profiles, potentially making graduates more job-ready and appealing to local employers.
Increases inclusivity by explicitly making the CTE pathway available to all students, including students with disabilities. , which could promote equity and support diverse learning needs and career aspirations.
Requires collaboration between the State Education Department and professional/trade organizations in designing curriculum and assessments. , helping ensure that the skills taught are relevant and up-to-date with industry standards, and possibly strengthening ties between schools and local businesses.
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Create Trade School Diploma
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Sponsors
Senator · Senate District 14
1 Co-sponsor
History
- Referred to education
- Referred to education
Companion bill
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Create Trade School Diploma
In Assembly Committee · Education · Sponsor Alicia Hyndman
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STATE OF NEW YORK
5920
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 16, 2019
Introduced by Sens. COMRIE, FELDER -- 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 establishing a career and technical education diploma
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 817 to read as follows:
§ 817. Career and technical education pathway to a high school diploma. 1. a. A career and technical education (hereinafter referred to in this section as CTE) pathway to a high school diploma is hereby established. A CTE pathway to a diploma shall:
(i) result in a regents or local diploma;
(ii) differ from the traditional requirements to a regents or local diploma with respect to required assessments;
(iii) be made available to all students, including, but not limited to students with disabilities.
b. A CTE pathway to a diploma shall be based on curriculum and training designed to provide students with career, trade and technical skills and shall demonstrate that the student is ready for a career or trade as determined by regulations of the commissioner. A CTE pathway to a diploma shall include, but not be limited to:
(i) completion of a CTE sequence provided and administered by a business practicing a particular trade or career, by a board of cooperative educational services or any secondary education program approved by the commissioner or by an institution of higher education;
(ii) completion of work-based learning experiences as provided by the approved program; and
(iii) completion of a work-skills employability profile.
c. For purposes of this section, a career and technical education shall include, but not be limited to, courses of study in the following
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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career fields: agriculture education, business and marketing education, family and consumer sciences education, health occupations education, technical education, technology education, and trade and industrial education.
2. The regents, in consultation with trade and professional organizations, shall promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to establish the curriculum, assessments and any other criteria that students must achieve to earn a regents or local diploma via a CTE pathway.
3. Students who entered high school in the two thousand nineteen--two thousand twenty school year and thereafter shall be eligible to earn a diploma via a CTE pathway.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the timely implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
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Sponsor's memo
Title of bill
An act to amend the education law, in relation to establishing a career and technical education diploma
Purpose
To create an alternative pathway to graduation for students seeking a career technical education (CTE)
Summary of provisions
Section 1: Amends the education law by adding a new section 817 that provides to all students a CTE pathway diploma, which will result in either a regents or local diploma and differ from the traditional requirements for a regents or local diploma with respect to required assessments. This section further provides for a curriculum based on training designed to provide students with career, trade, and technical skills. This curriculum will be administered by a business practicing a particular trade or career, a board of cooperative education, or by an institution of higher education. The curriculum will include, but not be limited to, completion of work-based learning experiences, and completion of a work-skills employment profile. CTE will include, but not be limited to, the following career fields: agriculture education, business and marketing education, family and consumer sciences educa- tion, health occupations education, technical education, technology education, and trade industrial education.
Lastly, the Regents, in consultation with trade and professional organ- izations, shall promulgate regulations necessary to establish the curriculum, assessments, and any other criteria that students must achieve to earn a regents or local diploma via CTE pathway.
Section 2: Enacting clause.
Justification
Students in New York, regardless of their inclination in life, only have one path to graduation through the regents with an education that is geared towards achieving college readiness. Recently, with the implemen- tation of the Common Core Standards, the college ready agenda is being demanded heavily upon all students, while at the same time stressing increased test scores and graduation rates. New York's current education system is ignoring a part of the student population that is inclined to other types of education and learning experiences. Regardless of how effective our college ready education system is, in many instances it does not take into consideration the needs of those students who chose another path, such as students interested in a trade. Many of our chil- dren excel in these types of skills but are denied this path to a diplo- ma.
Legislative history
2017-18 Assembly Bill 7972-A (Hyndman)
Fiscal implications
Undetermined.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately; provided that effective imme- diately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the timely Implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
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