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What is NYC AC § 21-951?

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This section defines 'co-located schools' and mandates the Department of Education to submit annual reports on these schools to the council. The reports must include demographic and academic performance data while ensuring compliance with privacy laws. Applies to public schools sharing space within the city school district of New York.

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§ 21-951 Annual reporting on co-located schools.

AC § 21-951

a. For the purposes of this section, the term "co-located school" shall mean any public school serving students in the elementary, middle or high school grades, or any combination thereof, including any charter school, which shares space with another public school in a building within the city school district of the city of New York. b. Not later than the thirtieth day of August of the year 2015 and annually thereafter, the department shall submit to the council and post on the department's website a report regarding information on all co-located schools for the prior school year. Such report shall include, but not be limited to, (i) a comparison of demographic information including, but not limited to race, ethnicity, English language learner status, special education status, and the percentage of students eligible for the free and reduced price lunch program and (ii) information regarding student academic performance, including but not limited to, student scores received on state examinations. 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 or that would interfere with law enforcement investigations or otherwise conflict with the interests of law enforcement. If a category contains between 0 and 9 students, or allows another category to be narrowed to between 0 and 9 students, the number shall be replaced with a symbol.

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