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Assembly Bill A2965

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Directs the commissioner of education to promulgate regulations providing for the decertification of a teacher convicted of a felony

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2009-A2965 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง3004, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A4225
2013-2014: A4449
2015-2016: A5299
2017-2018: A3600
2019-2020: A5446
2021-2022: A6505
2023-2024: A4858
2025-2026: A5750

2009-A2965 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the commissioner of education to promulgate regulations that provide for the immediate decertification of any teacher who is convicted of a felony under NY law or any offense under the laws of another jurisdiction that would be a felony under NY law.

2009-A2965 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2965

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 22, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. BARCLAY, FINCH, KOLB, CROUCH, GIGLIO, HAWLEY --
  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.  ERRIGO,  McDONOUGH,  SAYWARD,  THIELE,
  WALKER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education

AN  ACT  to amend the education law, in relation to decertification of a
  teacher who has been convicted of a felony

  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 closing paragraph to read as follows:
  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PRESCRIBE REGULATIONS THAT REQUIRE THE  IMMEDI-
ATE  DECERTIFICATION  OF  ANY TEACHER WHO IS CONVICTED OF A FELONY UNDER
THE LAWS OF THIS STATE OR ANY OFFENSE UNDER THE LAWS  OF  ANOTHER  STATE
THAT, HAD IT OCCURRED IN THIS STATE, WOULD HAVE CONSTITUTED A FELONY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
ing  the  date  on  which  it shall have become a law; provided that the
regulations necessary to the implementation of the  provisions  of  this
act shall be promulgated on or before such first of November.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03003-01-9

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