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                                   1576
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2023
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 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 CHILD DEVELOPMENT, THE
 COMMISSIONER SHALL PRESCRIBE  REGULATIONS  REQUIRING  THAT  ALL  PERSONS
 APPLYING  ON  OR  AFTER  JANUARY  FIRST,  TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE 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-FIVE  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-FIVE 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.
 
              

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05125-01-3