NY State Senate Bill 2019-S3954

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Jan 08, 2020	referred to higher education
Feb 21, 2019	referred to higher education

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2019-S3954 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Higher Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Add §669-i, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S7272
2021-2022: S5407

2019-S3954 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to enacting the New York state rural teaching incentive program.

2019-S3954 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S3954

SPONSOR: RANZENHOFER
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the education law, in relation to enacting the New York
state rural teaching incentive program

 
PURPOSE:

To create a new incentive program to encourage elementary and secondary
teachers to work in rural school districts.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends the Education Law to add a new section 669-I, the New
York State Rural Teaching Incentive Program.

This new program is modeled after the successful Math and Science Teach-
ing Incentive Program. Within amounts appropriated, the program will
grant up to five hundred awards to new recipients per year to eligible

applicants. In return for annual payments for successful completion of
an academic year, in the amount of the annual tuition charged to state
residents attending undergraduate programs, or the actual tuition,
students agree to teach at either the elementary or secondary level for
five years at a rural school. Like the Math and Science Program,
provision is made to convert these payments to school loans if the
student fails to meet the requirements of the program.

Section 2: Effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Rural school districts face difficulties recruiting new teachers. Many
students who have not lived in the county are often more attracted to
the type of community where they grew up. This bill will encourage more
young people studying to be teachers to consider and choose to teach in
rural schools, helping these rural communities and the children and
families who live there.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2018 - S.7272 - EDUCATION

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined. Program costs are based upon future appropriations.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act will take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have
become law.

2019-S3954 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3954
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 21, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  RANZENHOFER,  FUNKE, HELMING, ORTT, YOUNG -- read
   twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
   Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to enacting the New York
   state rural teaching incentive program

   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 669-i
 to read as follows:
   § 669-I. NEW YORK STATE RURAL TEACHING INCENTIVE PROGRAM. 1.    ELIGI-
 BILITY.   NOTWITHSTANDING SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-
 ONE OF THIS PART, UNDERGRADUATE AND/OR GRADUATE STUDENTS WHO ARE  MATRI-
 CULATED  IN  AN  APPROVED  UNDERGRADUATE  OR  GRADUATE PROGRAM AT DEGREE
 GRANTING INSTITUTIONS LOCATED WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK LEADING TO  A
 CAREER  AS A PRIMARY OR SECONDARY TEACHER SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR AN AWARD
 UNDER THIS SECTION, PROVIDED THE APPLICANT: (A) SIGNS  A  CONTRACT  WITH
 THE  CORPORATION AGREEING TO TEACH IN THE CLASSROOM ON A FULL-TIME BASIS
 FOR FIVE YEARS IN A RURAL PUBLIC PRIMARY  OR  SECONDARY  SCHOOL  LOCATED
 WITHIN NEW YORK; AND (B) COMPLIES WITH THE APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THIS
 ARTICLE  AND  ALL  REQUIREMENTS  PROMULGATED  BY THE CORPORATION FOR THE
 ADMINISTRATION OF THE PROGRAM.
   2. WITHIN AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED THEREFOR, AWARDS SHALL  BE  GRANTED  TO
 APPLICANTS  THAT  THE  CORPORATION HAS CERTIFIED ARE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE
 SUCH AWARDS. UP TO FIVE HUNDRED AWARDS MAY BE  MADE  TO  NEW  RECIPIENTS
 ANNUALLY.  SUCH  AWARDS SHALL BE MADE TO RECIPIENTS AFTER THE SUCCESSFUL
 COMPLETION OF EACH ACADEMIC YEAR, AS DEFINED BY THE CORPORATION.
   3. AN AWARD SHALL ENTITLE THE RECIPIENT TO  ANNUAL  PAYMENTS  FOR  NOT
 MORE  THAN  FOUR ACADEMIC YEARS OF FULL-TIME UNDERGRADUATE STUDY AND ONE
 ACADEMIC YEAR OF FULL-TIME GRADUATE STUDY LEADING TO CERTIFICATION AS  A
 CLASSROOM TEACHER IN A PRIMARY OR SECONDARY PUBLIC SCHOOL.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01795-01-9

 S. 3954                             2
 
   4.  RECIPIENTS  SHALL  RECEIVE  AN  ANNUAL  PAYMENT FOR THE SUCCESSFUL
 COMPLETION OF AN ACADEMIC YEAR, EQUAL TO THE ANNUAL TUITION  CHARGED  TO
 STATE  RESIDENT STUDENTS ATTENDING AN UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM FULL-TIME AT
 THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, OR ACTUAL TUITION  CHARGED,  WHICHEVER
 IS LESS.
   5.  THE CORPORATION SHALL CONVERT TO A STUDENT LOAN THE FULL AMOUNT OF
 THE AWARD GIVEN PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, PLUS INTEREST, ACCORDING TO  A
 SCHEDULE TO BE DETERMINED BY THE CORPORATION IF: (A) TWO YEARS AFTER THE
 COMPLETION OF THE DEGREE PROGRAM AND RECEIPT OF INITIAL CERTIFICATION IT
 IS  FOUND  THAT  A  RECIPIENT  IS  NOT TEACHING IN A RURAL PUBLIC SCHOOL
 LOCATED WITHIN NEW YORK STATE PROVIDING PRIMARY OR SECONDARY  EDUCATION;
 OR (B) A RECIPIENT HAS NOT TAUGHT IN A RURAL PUBLIC PRIMARY OR SECONDARY
 SCHOOL  LOCATED  WITHIN NEW YORK STATE FOR FIVE OF THE SEVEN YEARS AFTER
 THE COMPLETION OF THE DEGREE PROGRAM  AND  RECEIPT  OF  INITIAL  CERTIF-
 ICATION;  OR  (C)  A RECIPIENT FAILS TO COMPLETE THEIR DEGREE PROGRAM OR
 CHANGES MAJORS TO AN UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAM OTHER THAN IN  PRIMARY
 OR  SECONDARY EDUCATION; OR (D) A RECIPIENT FAILS TO RECEIVE OR MAINTAIN
 THEIR TEACHING CERTIFICATE OR LICENSE IN NEW YORK STATE; OR (E) A RECIP-
 IENT FAILS TO RESPOND TO REQUESTS BY THE CORPORATION FOR THE  STATUS  OF
 HIS  OR  HER ACADEMIC OR PROFESSIONAL PROGRESS. THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
 OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE DEFERRED FOR ANY INTERRUPTION IN UNDERGRAD-
 UATE OR GRADUATE STUDY OR EMPLOYMENT AS ESTABLISHED  BY  THE  RULES  AND
 REGULATIONS  OF  THE  CORPORATION.  ANY  OBLIGATION  TO COMPLY WITH SUCH
 PROVISIONS AS OUTLINED IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE CANCELLED UPON THE DEATH
 OF THE RECIPIENT. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION  TO
 THE  CONTRARY,  THE  CORPORATION  IS  AUTHORIZED TO PROMULGATE RULES AND
 REGULATIONS TO PROVIDE FOR THE WAIVER OR  SUSPENSION  OF  ANY  FINANCIAL
 OBLIGATION WHICH WOULD INVOLVE EXTREME HARDSHIP.
   6.  THE  CORPORATION IS AUTHORIZED TO PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS
 NECESSARY FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  SECTION,
 INCLUDING  THE  CRITERIA  FOR  THE  PROVISION OF AWARDS ON A COMPETITIVE
 BASIS AND THE RATE OF INTEREST CHARGED  FOR  REPAYMENT  OF  THE  STUDENT
 LOAN.
   7.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, A RURAL PUBLIC SCHOOL SHALL BE
 DEFINED AS A PUBLIC SCHOOL LOCATED IN A RURAL AREA AS DEFINED IN  SUBDI-
 VISION THREE OF SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED THREE OF THIS CHAPTER.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.

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Senate Bill S3954

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee

co-Sponsors

2019-S3954 (ACTIVE) - Details

2019-S3954 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2019-S3954 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S3954 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Sponsored By

Michael H. Ranzenhofer

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee

co-Sponsors

Rich Funke

Pamela Helming

Robert G. Ortt

Catharine Young

2019-S3954 (ACTIVE) - Details

2019-S3954 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2019-S3954 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S3954 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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