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                                 7727--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 26, 2015
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Introduced  by M. of A. FAHY, LUPINACCI -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Higher Education -- recommitted to the Committee on High-
  er Education in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2  --  committee
  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
  to said committee

AN  ACT  to  amend  the education law, in relation to the New York state
  masters-in-education teacher incentive scholarship program

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of section 669-f of the education law, as
added by section 1 of subpart A of part EE of chapter 56 of the laws  of
2015, is amended to read as follows:
  1.  Eligibility. Students who are matriculated in an approved master's
degree in education program at a New York state [public  institution  of
higher  education]  NON-PROFIT  DEGREE-GRANTING  COLLEGE,  AS DEFINED BY
SECTION TWO OF THIS CHAPTER, leading to a career as a teacher in  public
elementary  or  secondary education shall be eligible for an award under
this section, provided the applicant: (a) earned an undergraduate degree
from a college located in New York state; (b) was a New York state resi-
dent while earning such  undergraduate  degree;  (c)  achieved  academic
excellence as an undergraduate student, as defined by the corporation in
regulation;  (d)  enrolls  in  full-time  study  in an approved master's
degree in education program at a New York state [public  institution  of
higher  education]  NON-PROFIT  DEGREE-GRANTING  COLLEGE,  AS DEFINED BY
SECTION TWO OF THIS CHAPTER, leading to a career as a teacher in  public
elementary  or secondary education; (e) signs a contract with the corpo-
ration agreeing to teach in a classroom setting on a full-time basis for
five years in a school located within New York  state  providing  public
elementary  or secondary education recognized by the board of regents or
the university of the state  of  New  York,  including  charter  schools
authorized  pursuant  to  article  fifty-six  of  this  chapter; and (f)

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11154-03-6
              

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complies with the applicable provisions of this article and all require-
ments promulgated by the  corporation  for  the  administration  of  the
program.
  S  2.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2016.