Int. No. 851
By Council Members Won, Louis, Yeger, Schulman, De La Rosa, Ung, Restler, Hanks and Abreu
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to reporting on student disenrollment from public schools and placements following disenrollment
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 29 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 29 REPORT ON STUDENT DISENROLLMENT
§21-1000 Report on student disenrollment. a. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the term “student” means any pupil under the age of 21 as of September first of the school year being reported, who does not have a have a high school diploma and who is enrolled in a school, excluding any child who is less than four years of age on or before December thirty-first of the school year being reported.
b. Not later than August 31, 2023, and annually thereafter, the department shall submit to the mayor and the speaker of the council a report regarding student disenrollment from schools. Such report shall include but not be limited to the following information for the previous reporting period, to the extent practicable:
1. The total number of students who disenrolled from public schools and such number broken down by:
(a) Community school district;
(b) Borough;
(c) Age group;
(d) Grade level; and
(e) Race or ethnicity of such students;
2. The total number of students who disenrolled from public schools and transferred to a school in another school district, and the location of the school district where such students transferred; and
3. A list of schools where students enrolled following disenrollment from public schools, including the total number of students who chose each school and the age group, grade level, and race or ethnicity of such students.
c. No information that is otherwise required to be reported pursuant to this section shall be reported in a manner that would violate any applicable provision of federal, state or local law relating to the privacy of student information. If a category contains between zero and five students, or contains an amount that would allow the amount of another category that is five or less to be deduced, the number shall be replaced with a symbol.
§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.
DPM
LS #9899
11/21/22