Senate Bill S7107

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  7107

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 30, 2012
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Introduced  by  Sen.  SALAND -- 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 requiring course  work
  on  discrimination and anti-bias for school professionals applying for
  a certificate or license

  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 14-a
to read as follows:
  S 14-A. COMMISSIONER'S RESPONSIBILITIES REGARDING PRE-CERTIFICATION OR
PRE-LICENSING TRAINING. THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  PRESCRIBE  REGULATIONS
THAT  SCHOOL PROFESSIONALS APPLYING ON OR AFTER JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
THIRTEEN FOR A CERTIFICATE OR LICENSE, INCLUDING BUT NOT  LIMITED  TO  A
CERTIFICATE  OR LICENSE VALID FOR SERVICE AS A CLASSROOM TEACHER, SCHOOL
COUNSELOR, SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST, SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER, SCHOOL ADMINISTRA-
TOR OR SUPERVISOR OR SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS SHALL, IN ADDITION TO ALL
OTHER CERTIFICATION OR LICENSING REQUIREMENTS, HAVE COMPLETED SIX UNDER-
GRADUATE OR GRADUATE CREDIT HOURS  ADDRESSING  EDUCATIONAL  RESEARCH  ON
DISCRIMINATION  AS  WELL  AS ANTI-BIAS AND EQUITABLE, INCLUSIVE TEACHING
AND/OR PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES. THIS COURSEWORK SHALL ADDRESS THE  EDUCA-
TIONAL NEEDS AND EXPERIENCES OF STUDENTS WHO BELONG TO A SOCIALLY MARGI-
NALIZED IDENTITY CATEGORY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO A PERSON'S ACTU-
AL  OR  PERCEIVED  RACE,  COLOR,  WEIGHT, NATIONAL ORIGIN, ETHNIC GROUP,
RELIGION, RELIGIOUS PRACTICE, DISABILITY,  SEXUAL  ORIENTATION,  GENDER,
AND  SEX;  THE COURSEWORK SHALL GIVE EACH SOCIALLY MARGINALIZED IDENTITY
CATEGORY  PROPORTIONAL  COVERAGE.  THIS  COURSEWORK  MUST  ALSO  ADDRESS
CURRENT  EDUCATIONAL  RESEARCH  ON  THE  SOCIAL PATTERNS OF PEER-TO-PEER
AGGRESSION TARGETING DIFFERENCE (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO TARGETING;
HARASSMENT; VERBAL, PHYSICAL OR CYBER  VIOLENCE;  MICROAGGRESSIONS)  AND
STRATEGIES  FOR  EFFECTIVELY ADDRESSING PROBLEMS OF EXCLUSION, DISCRIMI-
NATION, BIAS, AND AGGRESSION IN EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS.
  S 2. Subdivision 3 of section 3004 of the education law, as  added  by
chapter 181 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14646-01-2
              

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  3.  The  commissioner  shall  prescribe regulations requiring that all
persons applying on or after February second, two  thousand  one  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 two  hours
of  course  work  or  training  in school violence prevention and inter-
vention. The course work or training shall be obtained from an  institu-
tion  or  provider  which has been approved by the department to provide
such course work or training. Such regulations shall also  require  that
school  districts and boards of cooperative educational services include
training for teachers and  other  certified  or  licensed  employees  in
school  violence  prevention  and intervention in their required profes-
sional development plans. AFTER JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND  THIRTEEN,  THE
REQUIREMENTS  OF THIS SUBDIVISION FOR PERSONS APPLYING FOR A CERTIFICATE
OR LICENSE MAY BE MET BY COURSE WORK  THAT  MEETS  THE  REQUIREMENTS  OF
SECTION FOURTEEN-A OF THIS CHAPTER.
  S  3.  This  act shall take effect on July 1, 2013; provided, however,
that if chapter 482 of the laws of 2010 shall not have taken  effect  on
or  before  such  date  then sections one and two of this act shall take
effect on the same date and in the same manner as such  chapter  of  the
laws  of  2010 takes effect. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
completed on or before such effective date.