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.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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10540
I N A S S E M B L Y
May 31, 2016
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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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