Assembly Bill A8302

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Allows school districts to canvass from the five highest civil service examination ratings

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Current 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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2023-A8302 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §61, Civ Serv L

2023-A8302 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows school districts to canvass from the five highest civil service examination ratings.

2023-A8302 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8302
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             November 27, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SAYEGH -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Employees
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the civil service law, in relation to allowing school
   districts to canvass from the five highest civil  service  examination
   ratings
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 61 of the civil  service  law,  as
 added by chapter 790 of the laws of 1958, is amended to read as follows:
   1. Appointment  or  promotion  from  eligible  lists.  Appointment  or
 promotion from an eligible list to a position in the  competitive  class
 shall  be made by the selection of one of the three persons certified by
 the appropriate civil service commission as  standing  highest  on  such
 eligible  list  who are willing to accept such appointment or promotion;
 provided, however, that the state or a municipal commission may provide,
 by rule, that where it is necessary to break ties among eligibles having
 the same final examination ratings in order to determine  their  respec-
 tive  standings  on  the  eligible list, appointment or promotion may be
 made by the selection of any eligible whose final examination rating  is
 equal  to or higher than the final examination rating of the third high-
 est standing eligible willing to accept such appointment  or  promotion;
 PROVIDED  FURTHER, HOWEVER, THAT A SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY PROVIDE, BY RULE,
 THAT WHERE IT IS NECESSARY TO BREAK TIES AMONG ELIGIBLES HAVING THE SAME
 FINAL EXAMINATION RATINGS IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THEIR RESPECTIVE  STAND-
 INGS  ON  THE ELIGIBLE LIST, APPOINTMENT OR PROMOTION MAY BE MADE BY THE
 SELECTION OF ANY ELIGIBLE WHOSE FINAL EXAMINATION RATING IS EQUAL TO  OR
 HIGHER  THAN  THE FINAL EXAMINATION RATING OF THE FIFTH HIGHEST STANDING
 ELIGIBLE WILLING TO ACCEPT SUCH APPOINTMENT OR  PROMOTION.  Appointments
 and  promotions  shall be made from the eligible list most nearly appro-
 priate for the position to be filled.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13462-01-3

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