Assembly Bill A9001

2023-2024 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
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A9001 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3004, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A10742
2021-2022: A5774

2023-A9001 - Summary

Relates to requiring training for teachers and administrators in the area of childhood trauma after January 1, 2025.

2023-A9001 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9001
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 1, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. TAPIA -- 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.

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2023-A9001A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3004, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A10742
2021-2022: A5774

2023-A9001A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requiring training for teachers and administrators in the area of childhood trauma after January 1, 2025.

2023-A9001A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  9001--A
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 1, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  TAPIA,  WILLIAMS,  ALVAREZ  -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on Education -- committee  discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee
 
 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, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO A CERTIF-
 ICATE OR LICENSE VALID FOR SERVICE  AS  A  CLASSROOM  TEACHER,  TEACHING
 ASSISTANT, PUPIL PERSONNEL SERVICE PROFESSIONAL, SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR OR
 SUPERVISOR  OR  SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, SHALL, IN ADDITION 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 CHIL-
 DREN WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED TRAUMA BE PROVIDED TO  EACH  CERTIFIED  SCHOOL
 ADMINISTRATOR  OR  SUPERVISOR  ASSIGNED  ON  OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE TO SERVE AS A SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR  INCLUDING,  BUT
 NOT  LIMITED TO, 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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