S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5532
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 10, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, LIFTON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
of A. RIVERA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to securing for previous-
ly tenured administrators and supervisors the same probationary period
as provided for teachers and all other members of the teaching staffs
of school districts in the state
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 3012 of the
education law, as amended by section 4 of subpart D of part EE of chap-
ter 56 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
(b) i. Principals, administrators, supervisors and all other members
of the supervising staff of school districts, including common school
districts and/or school districts employing fewer than eight teachers,
other than city school districts, who are appointed prior to July first,
two thousand fifteen, shall be appointed by the board of education, or
the trustees of a common school district, upon the recommendation of the
superintendent of schools for a probationary period of three years;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT IN THE CASE OF A PRINCIPAL, ADMINISTRATOR,
SUPERVISOR OR ANY OTHER MEMBER OF A SUPERVISING STAFF WHO HAS BEEN
APPOINTED ON TENURE IN ANOTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT WITHIN THE STATE, THE
SCHOOL DISTRICT WHERE CURRENTLY EMPLOYED, OR BY A BOARD OF COOPERATIVE
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, AND WHO IS NOT DISMISSED FROM SUCH DISTRICT OR
BOARD AS A RESULT OF CHARGES BROUGHT PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF
SECTION THREE THOUSAND TWENTY-A OF THIS ARTICLE, THE PROBATIONARY PERIOD
SHALL NOT EXCEED TWO YEARS. The service of a person appointed to any of
such positions may be discontinued at any time during the probationary
period on the recommendation of the superintendent of schools, by a
majority vote of the board of education or the trustees of a common
school district.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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ii. Principals, administrators, supervisors and all other members of
the supervising staff of school districts, including common school
districts and/or school districts employing fewer than eight teachers,
other than city school districts, who are appointed on or after July
first, two thousand fifteen, shall be appointed by the board of educa-
tion, or the trustees of a common school district, upon the recommenda-
tion of the superintendent of schools for a probationary period of four
years; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT IN THE CASE OF A PRINCIPAL, ADMINISTRA-
TOR, SUPERVISOR OR ANY OTHER MEMBER OF A SUPERVISING STAFF WHO HAS BEEN
APPOINTED ON TENURE IN ANOTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT WITHIN THE STATE, THE
SCHOOL DISTRICT WHERE CURRENTLY EMPLOYED, OR BY A BOARD OF COOPERATIVE
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, AND WHO IS NOT DISMISSED FROM SUCH DISTRICT OR
BOARD AS A RESULT OF CHARGES BROUGHT PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF
SECTION THREE THOUSAND TWENTY-A OF THIS ARTICLE, THE PROBATIONARY PERIOD
SHALL NOT EXCEED TWO YEARS. The service of a person appointed to any of
such positions may be discontinued at any time during the probationary
period on the recommendation of the superintendent of schools, by a
majority vote of the board of education or the trustees of a common
school district.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
the date on which it shall have become a law.