Assembly Bill A7232

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Establishes the "New York Teach Program" conditional tuition waiver

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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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2023-A7232 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2673
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §679-k, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A11365
2019-2020: A3055, S4063
2021-2022: A1602, S804

2023-A7232 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the New York Teach Program conditional tuition waiver; requires participants to teach at hard to staff school districts for four years after graduation in order to have tuition waived in full for accelerated bachelor's and master's degree programs in education.

2023-A7232 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7232
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 15, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. SIMON, COLTON, CRUZ, DARLING, LUPARDO, RAMOS --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing the  "New
   York Teach Program" conditional tuition waiver
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and be  cited  as  the
 "New York Teach Program".
   §  2.  The  education  law is amended by adding a new section 679-k to
 read as follows:
   § 679-K. NEW YORK TEACH  PROGRAM.  1.  PURPOSE.  THE  PRESIDENT  SHALL
 ESTABLISH  A  CONDITIONAL TUITION WAIVER FOR ACCELERATED FIVE-YEAR BACH-
 ELOR'S AND MASTER'S PROGRAM IN EDUCATION FOR ELIGIBLE  PUBLIC  UNIVERSI-
 TIES FOR THE PURPOSE OF INCREASING THE NUMBER OF TEACHERS SERVING UNDER-
 SERVED DISTRICTS IN THE STATE.
   2. ELIGIBILITY. TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CONDITIONAL TUITION WAIVER PURSU-
 ANT  TO THIS SECTION, APPLICANTS SHALL (A) BE ACCEPTED IN AN ACCELERATED
 FIVE-YEAR BACHELOR'S AND MASTER'S DEGREE PROGRAM AT A PUBLIC  UNIVERSITY
 IN  THE  STATE;  (B) SIGN A CONTRACT TO AGREE TO TEACH AT THEIR ASSIGNED
 HARD TO STAFF CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR AT LEAST FOUR YEARS AFTER  GRADU-
 ATION;  (C)  COMPLETE  THE ACCELERATED FIVE-YEAR BACHELOR'S AND MASTER'S
 DEGREE PROGRAM WITHIN FIVE YEARS OF ENROLLMENT; (D) BE A NEW YORK  STATE
 RESIDENT;  AND  (E)  MAINTAIN A MINIMUM 3.0 GRADE POINT AVERAGE FOR EACH
 ACADEMIC YEAR ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAM.
   3. DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM (A) "ELIGI-
 BLE PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES" SHALL MEAN A  PUBLIC  UNIVERSITY  IN  NEW  YORK
 STATE WITH BOTH A BACHELOR'S AND MASTER'S DEGREE IN EDUCATION; (B) "HARD
 TO  STAFF  CITY  SCHOOL DISTRICTS" SHALL MEAN SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN A CITY
 THAT HAVE A SHORTAGE OF TEACHERS, AS DESIGNATED BY THE  DEPARTMENT;  AND
 (C)  "ACCELERATED  FIVE-YEAR BACHELOR'S AND MASTER'S PROGRAM" SHALL MEAN
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06179-01-3
 A. 7232                             2
              

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