STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 10427--A IN ASSEMBLY April 20, 2018 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BARRON, BLAKE, DAVILA, MONTESANO, PERRY, SIMON, STECK, PICHARDO, COOK, HOOPER, TAYLOR, RIVERA, PRETLOW, DE LA ROSA, TITUS, DICKENS, WRIGHT, VANEL, BICHOTTE, JOYNER, SOLAGES, ARROYO, WOERNER, THIELE, FERNANDEZ, ERRIGO, ESPINAL, WEPRIN, MOSLEY, GOTTFRIED -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to admission to the specialized high schools in the city of New York The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 2590-h of the 2 education law, as amended by chapter 345 of the laws of 2009, is amended 3 to read as follows: 4 (b) all specialized [senior] high schools. The [special] specialized 5 high schools shall include the [present] schools known as[:] 6 The Bronx High School of Science, Stuyvesant High School, Brooklyn 7 Technical High School, Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music [and 8 the Arts in the borough of Manhattan] & Art and Performing Arts, and 9 such [further] additional schools [which the city board may designate] 10 as may be designated by the chancellor from time to time. The [special] 11 specialized high schools shall be permitted to maintain a discovery 12 program in accordance with the law in effect on the date preceding the 13 effective date of this section; provided that the requirement that a 14 student who is considered for the discovery program attend and pass a 15 preparatory program administered by the specialized high school, demon- 16 strating thereby his or her ability to successfully cope with the 17 specialized high school program, shall refer to a program that can take 18 place during the school year or the summer; admissions to the [special] 19 specialized high schools shall be conducted in accordance with [the law 20 in effect on the date preceding the effective date of this] section 21 twenty-five hundred ninety-h-l of this article; EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00247-04-8

A. 10427--A 2 1 § 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 2590-h of the education 2 law, as amended by chapter 720 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read 3 as follows: 4 (b) all specialized [senior] high schools. The [special] specialized 5 high schools shall include the [present] schools known as[:] 6 The Bronx High School of Science, Stuyvesant High School, Brooklyn 7 Technical High School, Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music [and 8 the Arts in the borough of Manhattan] & Art and Performing Arts, and 9 such [further] additional schools [which the city board may designate] 10 as may be designated by the chancellor from time to time. The [special] 11 specialized high schools shall be permitted to maintain a discovery 12 program in accordance with the law in effect on the date preceding the 13 effective date of this section; provided that the requirement that a 14 student who is considered for the discovery program attend and pass a 15 preparatory program administered by the specialized high school, demon- 16 strating thereby his or her ability to successfully cope with the 17 specialized high school program, shall refer to a program that can take 18 place during the school year or the summer; admissions to the [special] 19 specialized high schools shall be conducted in accordance with [the law 20 in effect on the date preceding the effective date of this] section 21 twenty-five hundred ninety-h-1 of this article; 22 § 3. The education law is amended by adding a new section 2590-h-1 to 23 read as follows: 24 § 2590-h-1. Admissions to the specialized high schools. 1. Admissions 25 to the specialized high schools shall be conducted in accordance with 26 this section, provided that students may also be admitted to the 27 specialized high schools for the two thousand nineteen--two thousand 28 twenty and the two thousand twenty--two thousand twenty-one school years 29 pursuant to the discovery program as set forth in section twenty-five 30 hundred ninety-h of this article. 31 2. For the admissions process conducted during the two thousand eigh- 32 teen--two thousand nineteen school year to determine admissions to the 33 specialized high schools for the two thousand nineteen--two thousand 34 twenty school year, students who meet the criteria set forth in this 35 subdivision shall be offered admission to the specialized high schools 36 in the following order: 37 (a) students attending public schools located in the city of New York 38 who are in the top three percent of their eighth grade class, as calcu- 39 lated based on multiple measures of student achievement pursuant to 40 subdivision five of this section, and who achieve a composite score 41 above or at the cut-off composite score for the school such students 42 have committed themselves to attend, pursuant to subdivision five of 43 this section, provided that such students shall also rank in the top 44 quarter of public school students in the eighth grade citywide based on 45 such multiple measures of student achievement, and provided further that 46 openings shall be reserved for such students at each specialized high 47 school as set forth in subdivision seven of this section; 48 (b) students in the city of New York who take a competitive, objective 49 and scholastic achievement examination in the eighth grade and achieve a 50 score above or at the cut-off score for the openings that remain in the 51 school for which such students have taken the examination; and 52 (c) students in the city of New York who take a competitive, objective 53 and scholastic examination in the ninth grade and achieve a score above 54 or at the cut-off score for the openings that remain in the school for 55 which such students have taken the examination.

A. 10427--A 3 1 3. For the admissions process conducted during the two thousand nine- 2 teen--two thousand twenty school year to determine admissions to the 3 specialized high schools for the two thousand twenty--two thousand twen- 4 ty-one school year, students who meet the criteria set forth in this 5 subdivision shall be offered admission to the specialized high schools 6 in the following order: 7 (a) students attending public schools located in the city of New York 8 who are in the top five percent of their eighth grade class, as calcu- 9 lated based on multiple measures of student achievement pursuant to 10 subdivision five of this section, and who achieve a composite score 11 above or at the cut-off composite score for the school such students 12 have committed themselves to attend pursuant to subdivision five of this 13 section, provided that such students shall also rank in the top quarter 14 of public school students in the eighth grade citywide based on such 15 multiple measures of student achievement, and provided further that 16 openings shall be reserved for such students at each specialized high 17 school as set forth in subdivision seven of this section; 18 (b) students in the city of New York who take a competitive, objective 19 and scholastic achievement examination in the eighth grade and achieve a 20 score above or at the cut-off score for the openings that remain in the 21 school for which such students have taken the examination; and 22 (c) students in the city of New York who take a competitive, objective 23 and scholastic examination in the ninth grade and achieve a score above 24 or at the cut-off score for the openings that remain in the school for 25 which such students have taken the examination. 26 4. For the admissions process conducted during the two thousand twen- 27 ty--two thousand twenty-one school year and subsequent school years to 28 determine admissions to the specialized high schools for the two thou- 29 sand twenty-one--two thousand twenty-two school year and subsequent 30 school years, students who meet the criteria set forth in this subdivi- 31 sion shall be offered admission to the specialized high schools in the 32 following order: 33 (a) students attending public schools located in the city of New York 34 who are in the top five to seven percent of their eighth grade class, 35 such percentage to be determined to allow openings to remain for admis- 36 sion pursuant to paragraph (b) of this subdivision and as calculated 37 based on multiple measures of student achievement, determined as set 38 forth in subdivision five of this section, and who achieve a composite 39 score above or at the cut-off composite score for the school such 40 students have committed themselves to attend, determined as set forth in 41 subdivision five of this section, provided that such students shall also 42 rank in the top quarter of public school students in the eighth grade 43 citywide based on such multiple measures of student achievement, and 44 provided further that openings shall be reserved for such students at 45 each specialized high school as set forth in subdivision seven of this 46 section; and 47 (b) students in the city of New York who have a minimum grade point 48 average of 3.7, provided such students shall be admitted by a random 49 selection process for the openings that remain in each school. 50 5. The chancellor shall determine the multiple measures of student 51 achievement as referenced in this section, and the weight of each such 52 measure, provided that such measures shall include academic course 53 grades and standardized test scores. A description of such measures and 54 the weight accorded to each shall be made publicly available, including 55 on the website of the city school district. A student who is evaluated 56 based on such measures for the purposes of this subdivision shall be

A. 10427--A 4 1 assigned a composite score based on such weighted measures. Offers of 2 admission to the specialized high schools pursuant to paragraph (a) of 3 subdivisions two through four of this section shall be determined by 4 arranging the composite scores of all students who are assigned such 5 scores and who then commit themselves to attend a particular specialized 6 high school in descending order from the highest score and counting down 7 to the cut-off composite score, which shall be the composite score of 8 the last student who receives an offer of admission to such school based 9 on the number of openings available in such school pursuant to such 10 paragraph. 11 6. Offers of admission to the specialized high schools pursuant to 12 paragraphs (b) and (c) of subdivisions two and three of this section 13 shall be determined by arranging the scores of all the candidates who 14 took the competitive, objective and scholastic examination and who then 15 commit themselves to attend a particular specialized high school in 16 descending order from the highest score and counting down to the cut-off 17 score, which shall be the score of the last candidate who receives an 18 offer of admission to such school based on the number of openings avail- 19 able in such school. 20 7. The number of openings reserved at each specialized high school for 21 students who meet the criteria set forth in paragraph (a) of subdivi- 22 sions two through four of this section shall be determined by multiply- 23 ing: (a) the total number of ninth grade available openings at such 24 school; by (b) the number of students who meet the criteria set forth in 25 paragraph (a) of subdivisions two through four of this section divided 26 by the aggregate number of ninth grade available openings in all the 27 specialized high schools. 28 8. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, admission to the 29 Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, 30 and other schools of the arts that may be established pursuant to 31 section twenty-five hundred ninety-h of this article, shall be deter- 32 mined by a student's demonstrated abilities in music or the arts as well 33 as such student's scholastic achievement. 34 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that 35 the amendments to paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 2590-h of 36 the education law made by section one of this act shall be subject to 37 the expiration and reversion of such section pursuant to subdivision 12 38 of section 17 of chapter 345 of the laws of 2009, as amended when upon 39 such date the provisions of section two of this act shall take effect.