Assembly Bill A10540

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to exempting teachers from additional certifications or prerequisites associated with running certain after-school programs

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A10540 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Children And Families
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §17, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A7360
2019-2020: A5594
2021-2022: A4840

2015-A10540 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to exempting teachers from additional certifications or prerequisites associated with running certain after-school programs except for background checks; and exempts any teacher working in any school building of a city school district of a city having one hundred twenty-five thousand inhabitants or more.

2015-A10540 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  10540

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 31, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. OAKS -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Children and Families

AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to exempting teach-
  ers from additional certifications or  prerequisites  associated  with
  running certain after-school programs

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

  Section 1. Section 17 of the social services law is amended by  adding
a new subdivision (h-1) to read as follows:
  (H-1)  GRANT ANY TEACHER CERTIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH 8 NYCRR PART 80,
AN EXEMPTION FROM ANY ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATION OR  PREREQUISITE,  EXCEPT
FOR  BACKGROUND  CHECKS  REQUIRED  UNDER PUBLIC LAW 113-186, REQUIRED TO
OPERATE ANY AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM OPERATED BY THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN  AND
FAMILY SERVICES, OR AN AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN RUN BY A PUBLIC
SCHOOL  DISTRICT  OR  BY  A PRIVATE SCHOOL OR ACADEMY WHICH IS PROVIDING
ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY  EDUCATION  OR  BOTH,  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  THE
COMPULSORY  EDUCATION  REQUIREMENTS  OF THE EDUCATION LAW, PROVIDED THAT
THE KINDERGARTEN,  PRE-KINDERGARTEN,  NURSERY  SCHOOL,  OR  AFTER-SCHOOL
PROGRAM  IS  LOCATED  ON  THE PREMISES OR CAMPUS WHERE THE ELEMENTARY OR
SECONDARY EDUCATION IS PROVIDED; EXCEPT FOR ANY TEACHER WORKING  IN  ANY
SCHOOL  BUILDING  OF A CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF A CITY HAVING ONE HUNDRED
TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND INHABITANTS OR MORE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
have  become  a  law; provided, however, that effective immediately, the
addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule  or  regulation  necessary
for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized
to be made and completed on or before such effective date.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15710-01-6

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