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Senate Bill S5814

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires providers of prekindergarten services to employ a licensed childhood or early childhood teacher as the on-site education director

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2011-S5814 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3602-e, Ed L; amd Part B §51, Chap 57 of 2008

2011-S5814 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires community based organizations and other providers of prekindergarten services to employ a licensed childhood or early childhood teacher as the on-site education director during prekindergarten hours of operation.

2011-S5814 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S5814 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5814

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 17, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- read twice and ordered printed, and
  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring providers of
  prekindergarten services to  employ  a  licensed  childhood  or  early
  childhood  teacher  as  the  on-site  education director; and to amend
  chapter 57 of the laws of 2008 amending the education law relating  to
  the  universal pre-kindergarten program, in relation to the effective-
  ness thereof

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

  Section  1. Paragraphs d-1 and d-2 of subdivision 12 of section 3602-e
of the education law, as added by section 23 of part B of chapter 57  of
the laws of 2008, are amended to read as follows:
  d-1.  guidelines  which allow personnel employed by an eligible agency
that is collaborating with a school district to provide  prekindergarten
services  and  licensed  by an agency other than the department, to meet
the staff qualifications prescribed  by  the  licensing  or  registering
agency;  provided however, [a written plan is established for prekinder-
garten teachers to obtain a  certificate  valid  for  service  in  early
childhood  grades  within  five years after commencing employment, or by
January third, two thousand thirteen, whichever is later] THAT THE AGEN-
CY OPERATING SUCH PROGRAM SHALL EMPLOY  AN  ON-SITE  EDUCATION  DIRECTOR
DURING  THE  HOURS THAT THE PREKINDERGARTEN PROGRAM IS IN OPERATION THAT
WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROGRAM  IMPLEMENTATION,  WHO  SHALL  POSSESS  A
TEACHING  LICENSE  OR CERTIFICATE VALID FOR SERVICES IN THE EARLY CHILD-
HOOD OR CHILDHOOD GRADES;
  d-2. guidelines which allow personnel employed by an  eligible  agency
that  is collaborating with a school district to provide prekindergarten
services and not licensed or registered by the department or other agen-
cy, to meet the staff qualifications prescribed by such eligible agency;
provided however, [a written plan  is  established  for  prekindergarten

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD13186-01-1

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