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Assembly Bill A5662

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires school districts and BOCES to recognize and credit teachers with transfer credit on a uniform basis

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2015-A5662 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง3102, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A6123
2011-2012: A9268
2013-2014: A1726
2017-2018: A4123

2015-A5662 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that the school authorities of each school district and each board of cooperative educational services shall recognize and credit each teacher with transfer credit on a uniform and consistent basis.

2015-A5662 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5662

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 3, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. HOOPER -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to transfer credit

  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  3102
to read as follows:
  S  3102.  TRANSFER CREDIT. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW,
THE SCHOOL AUTHORITIES OF EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT AND EACH BOARD OF COOPER-
ATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES SHALL RECOGNIZE AND CREDIT EACH TEACHER  WITH
TRANSFER CREDIT ON A UNIFORM AND CONSISTENT BASIS.
  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.
                                                           LBD09230-01-5

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