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                                   2637
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 24, 2019
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 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, GALEF, ABINANTI, BUCHWALD, JAFFEE, BRABE-
   NEC,  FAHY,  LIFTON, BARRETT, JEAN-PIERRE -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation  to  annual  teacher  and
   principal evaluations
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 11 of section 3012-d of the education  law,  as
 added  by section 2 of subpart E of part EE of chapter 56 of the laws of
 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   11. Notwithstanding any  inconsistent  provision  of  law,  no  school
 district  shall  be eligible for an apportionment of general support for
 public schools from the funds appropriated  for  the  2015--2016  school
 year and any year thereafter in excess of the amount apportioned to such
 school  district in the respective base year unless such school district
 EITHER (I) HAS ADOPTED A PLAN FOR THE  ANNUAL  PROFESSIONAL  PERFORMANCE
 REVIEW  OF  ITS CLASSROOM TEACHERS AND BUILDING PRINCIPALS IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION THREE THOUSAND TWELVE-C OF THIS ARTICLE
 AND THE REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER WHICH PLAN HAS BEEN APPROVED  BY
 THE  COMMISSIONER,  OR  (II)  has  submitted documentation that has been
 approved  by  the  commissioner  by  November  fifteenth,  two  thousand
 fifteen,  or  by  September first of each subsequent year, demonstrating
 that it has fully implemented the standards and procedures for  conduct-
 ing  annual teacher and principal evaluations of teachers and principals
 in accordance with the requirements of this section and the  regulations
 issued  by  the  commissioner.  Provided  further that any apportionment
 withheld pursuant to this section shall not occur prior to  April  first
 of  the  current  year  and  shall  not have any effect on the base year
 calculation for use in the subsequent school year. For purposes of  this
 section,  "base year" shall mean the base year as defined in paragraph b
 of subdivision one of section thirty-six hundred two  of  this  chapter,
 and "current year" shall mean the current year as defined in paragraph a
 of subdivision one of section thirty-six hundred two of this chapter.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
              

 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03702-01-9