Assembly Bill A3484

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Creates city university of New York center for excellence in urban education to enhance the quality of teaching in public schools in N.Y. city

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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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2017-A3484 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 125-C §6284, amd §605, add §677-b, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A3620
2011-2012: A1108
2013-2014: A2993
2015-2016: A4556, A9987
2019-2020: A3071
2021-2022: A7153
2023-2024: A3284

2017-A3484 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates city university of New York center for excellence in urban education to enhance the quality of teaching in public schools in NYC; establishes the regents teacher loan forgiveness program to allocate awards annually to teachers who agree to teach public school in an area of New York state designated by the board of regents as having a shortage of public school teachers.

2017-A3484 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3484
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 27, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  RICHARDSON  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in  relation  to  providing  for  the
   enhancement  of  the  quality of teaching in the public schools in New
   York city
 
   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 article 125-C
 to read as follows:
                                ARTICLE 125-C
                        CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
                           CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE
                            IN URBAN EDUCATION
 SECTION 6284. CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN URBAN
                 EDUCATION.
   § 6284. CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK CENTER  FOR  EXCELLENCE  IN  URBAN
 EDUCATION.  1. THE LEGISLATURE HEREBY FINDS AND DETERMINES THAT THERE IS
 A LOOMING SHORTAGE OF QUALIFIED TEACHERS WILLING  TO  CONSIDER  TEACHING
 POSITIONS IN URBAN SCHOOLS. THIS SHORTAGE IS EVIDENT IN THE STATE'S FIVE
 LARGEST  CITY  SCHOOL  DISTRICTS AND HAS REACHED CRITICAL PROPORTIONS IN
 NEW YORK CITY.
   2. THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK  CENTER
 FOR  EXCELLENCE  IN  URBAN EDUCATION.   THE CENTER SHALL BE LOCATED AT A
 CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK COLLEGE ACCREDITED BY THE  NATIONAL  COUNCIL
 FOR ACCREDITATION OF TEACHER EDUCATION.
   3. THE CENTER SHALL:
   A.  COLLABORATE WITH TEACHERS FROM THE CITY'S URBAN CENTERS TO DEVELOP
 AND DELIVER PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS THE PARTICULAR NEEDS OF URBAN EDUCATION,
 INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DEALING WITH SEVERE CLASSROOM  MANAGEMENT
 PROBLEMS; ISSUES OF CONFLICT AND RACIAL SENSITIVITIES; UNDERSTANDING THE
 CENTRAL  ROLE SCHOOLS PLAY IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; AND COPING WITH AND

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

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