This bill would require the Department of Education (DOE) to distribute information regarding the DOE gifted and talented program, exam, and application process to the parents of any student enrolled in pre-kindergarten in a DOE school or in a school that the DOE contracts with to provide pre-kindergarten by November 1st of each year.
- Robert E. Cornegy, Jr.
- Ruben Wills
- Ritchie J. Torres
- Donovan J. Richards
- Laurie A. Cumbo
- Rosie Mendez
- Margaret S. Chin
- Ydanis A. Rodriguez
- Helen K. Rosenthal
- Mathieu Eugene
- Carlos Menchaca
- Ben Kallos
- Stephen T. Levin
- Inez D. Barron
- Daniel Dromm
- Andrew Cohen
- Deborah L. Rose
- Mark Levine
- Antonio Reynoso
- Mark Treyger
- Enacted
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- Inez D. Barron
- Joseph C. Borelli
- James G. Van Bramer
- Fernando Cabrera
- Margaret S. Chin
- Andrew Cohen
- Costa G. Constantinides
- Robert E. Cornegy, Jr.
- Elizabeth S. Crowley
- Laurie A. Cumbo
- Chaim M. Deutsch
- Daniel Dromm
- Rafael L. Espinal, Jr.
- Mathieu Eugene
- Daniel R. Garodnick
- Vincent J. Gentile
- Vanessa L. Gibson
- David G. Greenfield
- Barry S. Grodenchik
- Corey D. Johnson
- Ben Kallos
- Andy L. King
- Peter A. Koo
- Karen Koslowitz
- Rory I. Lancman
- Brad S. Lander
- Stephen T. Levin
- Alan N. Maisel
- Melissa Mark-Viverito
- Steven Matteo
- Darlene Mealy
- Carlos Menchaca
- Rosie Mendez
- I. Daneek Miller
- Annabel Palma
- Bill Perkins
- Antonio Reynoso
- Donovan J. Richards
- Ydanis A. Rodriguez
- Deborah L. Rose
- Helen K. Rosenthal
- Rafael Salamanca, Jr.
- Ritchie J. Torres
- Mark Treyger
- Eric A. Ulrich
- James Vacca
- Paul A. Vallone
- Jumaane D. Williams
- Ruben Wills
Affirmative
Int. No. 1347-A
By Council Members Cornegy, Wills, Torres, Richards, Cumbo, Mendez, Chin, Rodriguez, Rosenthal, Eugene, Menchaca, Kallos, Levin, Barron, Dromm, Cohen, Rose, Levine, Reynoso and Treyger
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the department of education to distribute information regarding the gifted and talented programs and exam
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Title 21-A of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new chapter 12 to read as follows:
Chapter 12
Distribution of Gifted and Talented Program Information and Exam Materials
§ 21-974 Distribution of gifted and talented program information and exam materials.
a. For the purposes of this section, the term “student” means any pupil who is enrolled in pre-kindergarten in any school of the city school district of the city of New York or in an early education center with which the department contracts to provide pre-kindergarten.
b. No later than November 1, 2017, and annually thereafter no later than November 1 of each year, the department shall distribute to the parents of each student information regarding the department’s gifted and talented programs, examination and application process.
§2. This local law takes effect immediately.
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