Assembly Bill A7020

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires teachers employed by the Buffalo school district to reside within Buffalo city limits

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A7020 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §3039, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A8152
2013-2014: A3827
2015-2016: A3288
2017-2018: A2182
2021-2022: A4521
2023-2024: A2846

2019-A7020 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires teachers employed by the Buffalo school district to reside within Buffalo city limits.

2019-A7020 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7020
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               April 3, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. PEOPLES-STOKES -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in  relation  to  requiring  teachers
   employed  by the Buffalo school district to reside within Buffalo city
   limits
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The education law is amended by adding a new section 3039
 to read as follows:
   § 3039. RESIDENCY OF TEACHERS EMPLOYED BY THE BUFFALO SCHOOL DISTRICT.
 1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, RESIDENCY WITHIN THE CITY
 LIMITS OF BUFFALO SHALL BE A PREREQUISITE FOR APPOINTMENT TO ANY  TEACH-
 ING POSITION IN THE BUFFALO SCHOOL DISTRICT.
   2.  THE  BUFFALO  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  SHALL REQUIRE ALL APPLICANTS FOR A
 TEACHING POSITION TO PROVIDE ONE FORM OF PROOF OF RESIDENCY. SUCH  FORM,
 TO BE DETERMINED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, MAY INCLUDE, BUT IS NOT LIMITED
 TO,  A DRIVER'S LICENSE, A DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES NON-DRIVER IDEN-
 TIFICATION CARD OR OTHER  CURRENT  AND  VALID  PHOTO  IDENTIFICATION,  A
 CURRENT  UTILITY  BILL,  BANK  STATEMENT,  GOVERNMENT CHECK, PAYCHECK OR
 OTHER GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT THAT SHOWS THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE  APPLI-
 CANT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10837-01-9

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