Assembly Bill A5774

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring training for teachers and administrators in the area of childhood trauma

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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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2021-A5774 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3699
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3004, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A10742, S8985
2023-2024: A1576, A9001, S2107

2021-A5774 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requiring training for teachers and administrators in the area of childhood trauma after January 1, 2023.

2021-A5774 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5774
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 24, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. JOYNER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring training for
   teachers and administrators in the area of childhood trauma
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 3004 of the education law is amended  by  adding  a
 new subdivision 4-a to read as follows:
   4-A.    IN RECOGNIZING THE EFFECTS OF TRAUMA ON THE CHILD DEVELOPMENT,
 THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PRESCRIBE REGULATIONS REQUIRING THAT ALL  PERSONS
 APPLYING  ON  OR  AFTER  JANUARY  FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE FOR A
 TEACHING CERTIFICATE OR LICENSE AS A SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER  FOR  THE
 PURPOSES PURSUANT TO ARTICLE EIGHTY-NINE OF THIS CHAPTER SHALL, IN ADDI-
 TION  TO  ALL  THE  OTHER  CERTIFICATION OR LICENSING REQUIREMENTS, HAVE
 COMPLETED ENHANCED COURSE WORK OR TRAINING IN THE AREA OF TRAUMA  AS  IT
 RELATES TO CHILDREN AND ITS IMPACT ON CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND LEARNING. IN
 ADDITION,  SUCH  REGULATIONS SHALL REQUIRE THAT ENHANCED TRAINING IN THE
 NEEDS OF CHILDREN WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED TRAUMA BE PROVIDED TO EACH CERTI-
 FIED SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR OR SUPERVISOR ASSIGNED  ON  OR  AFTER  JANUARY
 FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-THREE  TO  SERVE AS A SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR
 INCLUDING A SPECIAL EDUCATION ADMINISTRATOR.   SUCH  TRAINING  SHALL  BE
 PROVIDED  PRIOR TO, OR AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE FOLLOWING, ASSIGNMENT AS A
 SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR OR  SPECIAL  EDUCATION  ADMINISTRATOR.  INDIVIDUALS
 SERVING  AS SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS OR SPECIAL EDUCATION ADMINISTRATORS AS
 OF JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE SHALL COMPLETE SUCH TRAINING
 BY SUCH DATE. THE ENHANCED COURSE WORK OR  TRAINING  SHALL  BE  OBTAINED
 FROM  AN  INSTITUTION OR PROVIDER WHICH HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE DEPART-
 MENT TO PROVIDE SUCH COURSE WORK OR TRAINING IN THE NEEDS OF  THOSE  WHO
 HAVE  EXPERIENCED  TRAUMA, PROVIDED THAT ENHANCED TRAINING FOR CERTIFIED
 SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS OR SUPERVISORS THAT MEETS STANDARDS PRESCRIBED  BY
 THE  COMMISSIONER  MAY  BE  INCLUDED  IN  THE  PROFESSIONAL  DEVELOPMENT
 PROVIDED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT  OR  BOARD  OF  COOPERATIVE  EDUCATIONAL
 SERVICES TO SUCH ADMINISTRATORS OR SUPERVISORS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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