Senate Bill S7647

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to admission requirements for graduate-level teacher and educational leader programs for certified teachers already holding a graduate degree

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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-S7647 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10605
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §210-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
S2487, A3676

2015-S7647 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to admission requirements for graduate-level teacher and educational leader programs for certified teachers already holding a graduate degree; exempts certified teachers who already hold a graduate degree from the graduate record examination or substantially equivalent admission examination requirement.

2015-S7647 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S7647 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7647

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 12, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to admission requirements
  for graduate-level teacher and educational leader programs for  certi-
  fied teachers already holding a graduate degree

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

  Section 1. Section 210-a of the education law, as added by  section  1
of subpart B of part EE of chapter 56 of the laws of 2015, is amended to
read as follows:
  S  210-a. Admission requirements for graduate-level teacher and educa-
tional leader programs. Each institution registered  by  the  department
with  graduate-level  teacher  and leader education programs shall adopt
rigorous selection criteria geared to predicting a candidate's  academic
success in its program, including but not limited to, a minimum score on
the  graduate record examination or a substantially equivalent admission
examination, as determined by the  institution,  and  achievement  of  a
cumulative  grade  point  average  of  3.0  or higher in the candidate's
undergraduate program, SUCH GRADUATE RECORD EXAMINATION OR SUBSTANTIALLY
EQUIVALENT ADMISSION EXAMINATION REQUIREMENT SHALL IN NO CASE  APPLY  TO
CERTIFIED  TEACHERS WHO ALREADY HOLD A GRADUATE DEGREE. Each program may
exempt no more than fifteen percent of any incoming  class  of  students
from  such  selection  criteria  set  forth  in  this section based on a
student's demonstration of potential to  positively  contribute  to  the
teaching  profession  or other extenuating circumstances pursuant to the
regulations of the commissioner. A program shall report to  the  depart-
ment  the number of students admitted pursuant to such exemption and the
selection criteria used for such exemptions.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15340-01-6

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