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                                   8356
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 15, 2019
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 Introduced by M. of A. HUNTER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Education
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the education law, in relation to expedited teaching
   licensing by certain military spouses
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Section  3001 of the education law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
   4. A. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ANY APPLI-
 CANT SEEKING TO QUALIFY FOR A LICENSE PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE WHO IS  THE
 SPOUSE  OF  AN  ACTIVE  DUTY  MEMBER  OF  THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED
 STATES, NATIONAL GUARD OR RESERVES AS DEFINED IN 10 U.S.C. SECTIONS 1209
 AND 1211, AND SUCH SPOUSE IS TRANSFERRED BY THE MILITARY TO  THIS  STATE
 SHALL  BE  AFFORDED  AN  EXPEDITED  REVIEW OF HIS OR HER APPLICATION FOR
 LICENSURE. SUCH APPLICATION SHALL BE ON A FORM PRESCRIBED BY THE DEPART-
 MENT AND SHALL INCLUDE AN ATTESTATION BY THE APPLICANT OF  THE  MILITARY
 STATUS  OF HIS OR HER SPOUSE AND ANY OTHER SUCH SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION
 THAT THE DEPARTMENT MAY REQUIRE. UPON REVIEW OF  SUCH  APPLICATION,  THE
 DEPARTMENT SHALL ISSUE A LICENSE TO THE APPLICANT IF THE APPLICANT HOLDS
 A  LICENSE  IN  GOOD STANDING IN ANOTHER STATE AND IN THE OPINION OF THE
 DEPARTMENT, THE REQUIREMENTS FOR  LICENSURE  OF  SUCH  OTHER  STATE  ARE
 SUBSTANTIALLY  EQUIVALENT  TO  THE  REQUIREMENTS  FOR  LICENSURE IN THIS
 STATE.
   B. IN ADDITION TO THE EXPEDITED REVIEW GRANTED IN PARAGRAPH A OF  THIS
 SUBDIVISION,  AN  APPLICANT WHO PROVIDES SATISFACTORY DOCUMENTATION THAT
 HE OR SHE HOLDS A LICENSE IN  GOOD  STANDING  FROM  ANOTHER  STATE,  MAY
 REQUEST  THE  ISSUANCE OF A TEMPORARY PRACTICE PERMIT, WHICH, IF GRANTED
 WILL PERMIT THE APPLICANT TO WORK UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF  A  NEW  YORK
 STATE  LICENSEE  IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER. THE
 DEPARTMENT MAY GRANT SUCH TEMPORARY  TEACHING  PERMIT  WHEN  IT  APPEARS
 BASED  ON THE APPLICATION AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION RECEIVED THAT THE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD13148-01-9

 A. 8356                             2
 
 APPLICANT WILL MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSURE IN THIS STATE BECAUSE
 HE OR SHE HOLDS A LICENSE IN  GOOD  STANDING  FROM  ANOTHER  STATE  WITH
 SIGNIFICANTLY  COMPARABLE LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS TO THOSE OF THIS STATE,
 EXCEPT  THE DEPARTMENT HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO SECURE DIRECT SOURCE VERIFI-
 CATION OF THE  APPLICANT'S  UNDERLYING  CREDENTIALS  (E.G.,  RECEIPT  OF
 ORIGINAL  TRANSCRIPT,  EXPERIENCE  VERIFICATION).  SUCH  PERMIT SHALL BE
 VALID FOR SIX MONTHS OR UNTIL  TEN  DAYS  AFTER  NOTIFICATION  THAT  THE
 APPLICANT  DOES NOT MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR LICENSURE. AN ADDITIONAL
 SIX MONTHS MAY BE GRANTED UPON A DETERMINATION BY  THE  DEPARTMENT  THAT
 THE  APPLICANT  IS EXPECTED TO QUALIFY FOR THE FULL LICENSE UPON RECEIPT
 OF THE REMAINING DIRECT SOURCE VERIFICATION DOCUMENTS REQUESTED  BY  THE
 DEPARTMENT  IN  SUCH  TIME  PERIOD  AND  THAT THE DELAY IN PROVIDING THE
 NECESSARY DOCUMENTATION  FOR  FULL  LICENSURE  WAS  DUE  TO  EXTENUATING
 CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH THE MILITARY SPOUSE COULD NOT AVOID.
   C. A TEMPORARY TEACHING PERMIT ISSUED UNDER PARAGRAPH B OF THIS SUBDI-
 VISION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE FULL DISCIPLINARY AND REGULATORY AUTHORI-
 TY  OF  THE BOARD OF REGENTS AND THE DEPARTMENT, PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE,
 AS IF SUCH AUTHORIZATION WERE A PROFESSIONAL LICENSE ISSUED  UNDER  THIS
 ARTICLE.
   D.  THE  DEPARTMENT SHALL REDUCE THE INITIAL LICENSURE APPLICATION FEE
 BY ONE-HALF FOR ANY APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY  A  MILITARY  SPOUSE  UNDER
 THIS SUBDIVISION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it  shall  have  become  a  law; provided however that the amendments to
 section 3001 of the education law made by section one of this act  shall
 survive  the  expiration  and  reversion  of such section as provided in
 section 2 of chapter 658 of the laws of 2002, as amended.