Senate Bill S82

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the number and duties of assistant principals to be assigned to the schools in the city school district of the city of New York

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee New York City Education 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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2025-S82 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate New York City Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2590-i, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S8784
2023-2024: S1397

2025-S82 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the number and duties of assistant principals to be assigned to the schools in the city school district of the city of New York.

2025-S82 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    82
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. LIU, CLEARE, LANZA, RAMOS -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on New York
   City Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the number and  duties
   of  assistant  principals  to  be  assigned to the schools in the city
   school district of the city of New York
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.   Legislative intent. To ensure the safety and security of
 school communities, the appropriate supervision of staff and  personnel,
 and  the  proper  management  of school buildings, all schools must have
 appropriate staffing, including administrators. To ensure the safety and
 security of all students and school staff and personnel,  the  following
 minimum staffing standards must be met.
   §  2.  Subdivision 2 of section 2590-i of the education law is amended
 by adding three new paragraphs (d), (e) and (f) to read as follows:
   (D) EACH SCHOOL SHALL HAVE APPOINTED A MINIMUM OF ONE ASSISTANT  PRIN-
 CIPAL. ALL ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS SHALL BE CERTIFIED AS SUCH.
   (E)  ASSISTANT  PRINCIPALS SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SAFE OPERATION
 OF THE SCHOOL ON OCCASIONS WHEN THE PRINCIPAL IS NOT PRESENT.
   (F) ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS MAY BE REQUIRED  BY  THE  CHANCELLOR  OR  THE
 SUPERINTENDENT  TO  PROVIDE OR PARTICIPATE IN TRAINING OR OTHER FORMS OF
 STAFF DEVELOPMENT OR TO ADDRESS IDENTIFIED AREAS OF EDUCATIONAL NEED AND
 PROMOTE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND SCHOOL PERFORMANCE.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of July  next  succeeding
 the  date on which it shall have become a law; provided however that the
 amendments to section 2590-i of the education law made by section two of
 this act shall survive the expiration and reversion of such  section  as
 provided in section 17 of chapter 345 of the laws of 2009, as amended.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00536-01-5

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