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                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 7, 2013
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Introduced  by  M.  of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, LIFTON, BOYLAND, JACOBS -- Multi-
  Sponsored by -- M. of A.  LAVINE, RIVERA, ROBINSON --  read  once  and
  referred to the Committee on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to securing for previous-
  ly tenured administrators and supervisors the same probationary period
  as  provided for teachers and all other members of the teaching staffs
  of school districts in the state

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

  Section  1.  Paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision  1 of section 3012 of the
education law, as amended by chapter 442 of the laws of 1980, is amended
to read as follows:
  (b) Principals, administrators, supervisors and all other  members  of
the  supervising  staff  of  school  districts,  including common school
districts and/or school districts employing fewer than  eight  teachers,
other  than  city  school  districts, shall be appointed by the board of
education, or the trustees of a common school district, upon the  recom-
mendation  of the superintendent of schools for a probationary period of
three years; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT IN THE CASE OF A PRINCIPAL,  ADMIN-
ISTRATOR,  SUPERVISOR OR ANY OTHER MEMBER OF A SUPERVISING STAFF WHO HAS
BEEN APPOINTED ON TENURE IN ANOTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT  WITHIN  THE  STATE,
THE  SCHOOL  DISTRICT WHERE CURRENTLY EMPLOYED, OR BY A BOARD OF COOPER-
ATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, AND WHO IS NOT DISMISSED FROM SUCH  DISTRICT
OR  BOARD  AS A RESULT OF CHARGES BROUGHT PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF
SECTION THREE THOUSAND TWENTY-A OF THIS ARTICLE, THE PROBATIONARY PERIOD
SHALL NOT EXCEED TWO YEARS. The service of a person appointed to any  of
such  positions  may be discontinued at any time during the probationary
period on the recommendation of the  superintendent  of  schools,  by  a
majority  vote  of  the  board  of education or the trustees of a common
school district.
  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.
              

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