Assembly Bill A4840

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Exempts teachers from additional certifications or prerequisites associated with running certain after-school programs

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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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2021-A4840 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Children And Families
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §17, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A10540
2017-2018: A7360
2019-2020: A5594

2021-A4840 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Exempts teachers from additional certifications or prerequisites associated with running certain after-school programs except for background checks; exempts any teacher working in any school building of a city school district of a city having one hundred twenty-five thousand inhabitants or more.

2021-A4840 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4840
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 8, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MANKTELOW  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Children and Families
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to exempting teach-
   ers from additional certifications or  prerequisites  associated  with
   running certain after-school programs

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 17 of the social services law is amended by  adding
 a new subdivision (h-1) to read as follows:
   (H-1)  GRANT ANY TEACHER CERTIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH 8 NYCRR PART 80,
 AN EXEMPTION FROM ANY ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATION OR  PREREQUISITE,  EXCEPT
 FOR  BACKGROUND  CHECKS  REQUIRED  UNDER PUBLIC LAW 113-186, REQUIRED TO
 OPERATE ANY AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM OPERATED BY THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN  AND
 FAMILY SERVICES, OR AN AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN RUN BY A PUBLIC
 SCHOOL  DISTRICT  OR  BY  A PRIVATE SCHOOL OR ACADEMY WHICH IS PROVIDING
 ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY  EDUCATION  OR  BOTH,  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  THE
 COMPULSORY  EDUCATION  REQUIREMENTS  OF THE EDUCATION LAW, PROVIDED THAT
 THE KINDERGARTEN,  PRE-KINDERGARTEN,  NURSERY  SCHOOL,  OR  AFTER-SCHOOL
 PROGRAM  IS  LOCATED  ON  THE PREMISES OR CAMPUS WHERE THE ELEMENTARY OR
 SECONDARY EDUCATION IS PROVIDED; EXCEPT FOR ANY TEACHER WORKING  IN  ANY
 SCHOOL  BUILDING  OF A CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF A CITY HAVING ONE HUNDRED
 TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND INHABITANTS OR MORE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
 have  become  a  law.    Effective  immediately, the addition, amendment
 and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
 of this act on  its  effective  date  are  authorized  to  be  made  and
 completed on or before such effective date.
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08480-01-1

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