Senate Bill S7635

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to developing grow your own initiatives at school districts, boards of cooperative educational services and higher education institutions

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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-S7635 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §3039, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S1100
2023-2024: S2140

2019-S7635 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Develops grow your own initiatives at school districts, boards of cooperative educational services and higher education institutions to attract underrepresented candidates into the teaching profession.

2019-S7635 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S7635 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7635
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 3, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  LIU  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to developing  grow  your
   own initiatives at school districts, boards of cooperative educational
   services and higher education institutions
 
   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. GROW YOUR OWN INITIATIVE. 1. THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION
 WITH  THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, CHANCELLOR OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW
 YORK AND CHANCELLOR OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW  YORK,  SHALL  DEVELOP
 GUIDELINES  FOR  SCHOOL  DISTRICTS,  BOARDS  OF  COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL
 SERVICES AND INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION TO  USE  TO  DEVELOP  GROW
 YOUR  OWN  INITIATIVES  AIMED  AT ATTRACTING UNDERREPRESENTED CANDIDATES
 INTO THE TEACHING PROFESSION. SUCH GUIDELINES SHALL INCLUDE BUT  NOT  BE
 LIMITED TO:
   (A)  EFFORTS  FOR  LOCAL  RECRUITMENT  OF UNDERREPRESENTED CANDIDATES,
 INCLUDING THOSE WHO ARE CURRENT TEACHING ASSISTANTS, PARAEDUCATORS,  AND
 CURRENT STUDENTS;
   (B) INITIATIVES AIMED AT CREATING AN EARLY RECRUITMENT PIPELINE BEGIN-
 NING AT THE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL;
   (C)  PARTNERSHIPS  BETWEEN SCHOOL DISTRICTS, COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZA-
 TIONS, EDUCATOR PREPARATION  INSTITUTIONS  AND  INSTITUTIONS  OF  HIGHER
 EDUCATION  TO ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT UNDERREPRESENTED CANDIDATES TO ENTER
 AND REMAIN IN THE TEACHING PROFESSION; AND
   (D) FUNDING SOURCES AVAILABLE TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND INSTITUTIONS  OF
 HIGHER  EDUCATION TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN UNDERREPRESENTED CANDIDATES INTO
 THE TEACHING PROFESSION.
   2. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION "UNDERREPRESENTED CANDIDATE" MEANS  AN
 INDIVIDUAL  THAT HAS PARTICIPATED IN MY BROTHER'S KEEPER, TEACHER OPPOR-
 TUNITY CORPS PROGRAM, HIGHER EDUCATION  OPPORTUNITY  PROGRAM,  EDUCATION
 OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM OR OTHER SIMILAR PROGRAM.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.

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