Details Meeting Name: Committee on Education Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 10/11/2017 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: 250 Broadway - Committee Rm, 16th Fl. Jointly with the Committee on General Welfare Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Meeting video: Not available   Attachments: Attachments for Oversight, Attachments - Int. No. 1497, Attachments - Int. No. 572, Attachments - Int. No. 1714 Meeting Items (10) 10 records Group Clear sorting Clear grouping Group by Type Group by Result Export Export to Excel Export to PDF Export to Word Show: All agenda items Legislation only All agenda items File # Ver. Prime Sponsor Agenda # Agenda Note Name Type Summary Action Result Action Details Multimedia                     Roll call Not available T2017-6641 *       Oversight - Support for Homeless Students Oversight   Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available T2017-6641 *       Oversight - Support for Homeless Students Oversight   Filed, by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0572-2014 * Elizabeth S. Crowley     Requiring the dept of homeless services to post shelter census data. Introduction This bill would require DHS to post a daily report on its website with information on the daily shelter census. This information includes the total number of individuals in shelter broken down by the number of single adults, the number of families with children, and the number of adult families in the shelter system. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0572-2014 * Elizabeth S. Crowley     Requiring the dept of homeless services to post shelter census data. Introduction This bill would require DHS to post a daily report on its website with information on the daily shelter census. This information includes the total number of individuals in shelter broken down by the number of single adults, the number of families with children, and the number of adult families in the shelter system. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1497-2017 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Requiring the DOE to report on students in temporary housing. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Education (DOE) to publish an annual report on students in temporary housing. The report would include information such as the number of students residing in shelters, the number of students living doubled-up, information on MetroCard and busing usage, and the attendance rate, retention rate, and dropout rate of students in temporary housing. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1497-2017 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Requiring the DOE to report on students in temporary housing. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Education (DOE) to publish an annual report on students in temporary housing. The report would include information such as the number of students residing in shelters, the number of students living doubled-up, information on MetroCard and busing usage, and the attendance rate, retention rate, and dropout rate of students in temporary housing. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1714-2017 * Stephen T. Levin     Educational Continuity Introduction The proposed legislation would require educational continuity materials and information be provided to families with children applying for shelter during the intake process at an intake facility, such as the Prevention Assistance and Temporary Housing (PATH) intake center. The Department of Homeless would permit Department of Education (DOE) staff access to such intake facilities for the purpose of holding discussions with shelter applicants on educational opportunity. Such staff would inform shelter applicants about the rights of homeless students with respect to educational rights and transportation, early childhood care, early childhood education and early intervention services. Staff would provide families with information on students’ rights under the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act and any information provided to families would include contact information for DOE. In the event a representative of DOE is unavailable to hold such a discussion, contact information for relevant staff at DOE would be provided to a shelter applicant along with written materials and information. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1714-2017 * Stephen T. Levin     Educational Continuity Introduction The proposed legislation would require educational continuity materials and information be provided to families with children applying for shelter during the intake process at an intake facility, such as the Prevention Assistance and Temporary Housing (PATH) intake center. The Department of Homeless would permit Department of Education (DOE) staff access to such intake facilities for the purpose of holding discussions with shelter applicants on educational opportunity. Such staff would inform shelter applicants about the rights of homeless students with respect to educational rights and transportation, early childhood care, early childhood education and early intervention services. Staff would provide families with information on students’ rights under the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act and any information provided to families would include contact information for DOE. In the event a representative of DOE is unavailable to hold such a discussion, contact information for relevant staff at DOE would be provided to a shelter applicant along with written materials and information. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available                     Not available