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                                  6090--A
     Cal. No. 690
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 11, 2017
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 Introduced by Sens. MARCELLINO, GOLDEN, AVELLA -- read twice and ordered
   printed,  and  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Educa-
   tion -- recommitted to the Committee on Education in  accordance  with
   Senate  Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  reported favorably from said committee,
   ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third reading, passed
   by Senate and delivered to the Assembly, recalled, vote  reconsidered,
   restored  to  third  reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining
   its place in the order of third reading
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in  relation  to  tenure  in  certain
   school districts
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subparagraph ii  of  paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision  1  of
 section  3012 of the education law, as amended by section 4 of subpart D
 of part EE of chapter 56 of the laws of 2015,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   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,  ADMINISTRATOR,
 SUPERVISOR,  OR  OTHER  MEMBER  OF  THE  SUPERVISING  STAFF WHO HAS BEEN
 APPOINTED ON TENURE IN ANOTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT  WITHIN  THE  STATE,  THE
 SCHOOL  DISTRICT  WHERE  CURRENTLY  EMPLOYED,  OR A BOARD OF COOPERATIVE
 EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, AND WHO WAS NOT DISMISSED FROM  SUCH  DISTRICT  OR
 BOARD  AS  A  RESULT  OF  CHARGES BROUGHT PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF
 SECTION THREE THOUSAND TWENTY-A OR SECTION THREE  THOUSAND  TWENTY-B  OF
 THIS  ARTICLE,  THE PRINCIPAL, ADMINISTRATOR, SUPERVISOR OR OTHER MEMBER
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11518-03-8

 S. 6090--A                          2
 
 OF THE SUPERVISING STAFF SHALL BE APPOINTED FOR A PROBATIONARY PERIOD OF
 THREE 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 immediately.