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Senate Bill S6808

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires all music teachers to be certified

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2009-S6808 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6666
Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §3001-e, Ed L

2009-S6808 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires all music teachers to be certified.

2009-S6808 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S6808 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6808

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 9, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to persons teaching music
  education

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 3001-e
to read as follows:
  S 3001-E. CERTIFICATION MANDATORY FOR ALL TEACHERS OF MUSIC EDUCATION.
IT SHALL BE REQUIRED OF ALL TEACHERS OF MUSIC EDUCATION IN ALL ELEMENTA-
RY  AND  SECONDARY  SCHOOLS  TO  BE CERTIFIED TO TEACH MUSIC PURSUANT TO
REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSIONER. ALL UNCERTIFIED TEACHERS OF
MUSIC EDUCATION EMPLOYED AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS  SECTION  WILL
BE CONSIDERED CERTIFIED BY REASON OF LONGEVITY UNTIL THEIR RETIREMENT.
  S  2.  This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
the date on which it shall have become a law.







 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10245-03-0

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