Assembly Bill A6750

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the granting of tenure

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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-A6750 - Details

Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§3012, 3012-d, 3014, 2509 & 2573, Ed L

2021-A6750 - Summary

Relates to the granting of tenure to probationary classroom teachers or building principals; provides that no school district shall complete an annual professional performance review for the two thousand twenty--two thousand twenty-one school year.

2021-A6750 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6750
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 29, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BENEDETTO  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the granting of tenure
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Section  3012 of the education law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
   4. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS SECTION, AT THE EXPIRA-
 TION OF THE PROBATIONARY TERM OF A CLASSROOM TEACHER OR BUILDING PRINCI-
 PAL DESCRIBED HEREIN WHO WAS APPOINTED DURING THE  TWO  THOUSAND  SEVEN-
 TEEN--TWO   THOUSAND   EIGHTEEN,  TWO  THOUSAND  EIGHTEEN--TWO  THOUSAND
 NINETEEN AND TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN--TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY  SCHOOL  YEARS,
 SUCH  INDIVIDUAL  SHALL  BE  ELIGIBLE  FOR  TENURE IF HE OR SHE RECEIVED
 COMPOSITE ANNUAL PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE  REVIEW  RATINGS  PURSUANT  TO
 SECTION  THREE  THOUSAND  TWELVE-C OR SECTION THREE THOUSAND TWELVE-D OF
 THIS ARTICLE, OF EITHER EFFECTIVE OR HIGHLY EFFECTIVE IN AT LEAST ONE OF
 THE FOUR PRECEDING YEARS AND DID NOT RECEIVE AN  INEFFECTIVE  RATING  IN
 THE  FINAL  YEAR  OF  HIS OR HER PROBATIONARY PERIOD, OR DURING THE MOST
 RECENT SCHOOL YEAR WHERE A RATING WAS RECEIVED.  ANY PROBATIONARY CLASS-
 ROOM TEACHER HIRED DURING THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY--TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY-
 ONE  SCHOOL  YEAR WHO WAS APPOINTED ON TENURE IN ANOTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT
 WITHIN THE STATE, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WHERE CURRENTLY EMPLOYED, BOARD OF
 COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES OR STATE SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND  OR  DEAF
 AND  WHO WAS NOT DISMISSED FROM SUCH DISTRICT, BOARD OR STATE SCHOOL FOR
 THE BLIND OR DEAF AS A RESULT OF CHARGES BROUGHT PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION
 ONE OF SECTION THREE THOUSAND TWENTY-A OR SECTION THREE  THOUSAND  TWEN-
 TY-B  OF  THIS  ARTICLE, SHALL BE APPOINTED FOR A PROBATIONARY PERIOD OF
 THREE YEARS; PROVIDED THAT, IN THE CASE  OF  A  CLASSROOM  TEACHER  SUCH
 INDIVIDUAL  DEMONSTRATES  THAT HE OR SHE RECEIVED AN ANNUAL PROFESSIONAL
 PERFORMANCE REVIEW RATING PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE THOUSAND TWELVE-C OR
 SECTION THREE THOUSAND TWELVE-D OF THIS  ARTICLE  IN  THE  TWO  THOUSAND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

co-Sponsors

2021-A6750A - Details

Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§3012, 3012-d, 3014, 2509 & 2573, Ed L

2021-A6750A - Summary

Relates to the granting of tenure to probationary classroom teachers or building principals; provides that no school district shall complete an annual professional performance review for the two thousand twenty--two thousand twenty-one school year.

2021-A6750A - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6750--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 29, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BENEDETTO  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Education -- committee discharged, bill amended,  ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the granting of tenure
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision  2  of  section  3012  of  the
 education  law, as added by section 4 of subpart D of part EE of chapter
 56 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   (b) At the expiration of the probationary term of a  person  appointed
 for  such  term on or after July first, two thousand fifteen, subject to
 the conditions of this section, the superintendent of schools shall make
 a written report to the board of education or the trustees of  a  common
 school district recommending for appointment on tenure those persons who
 have  been  found competent, efficient and satisfactory and, in the case
 of a classroom teacher or building principal, who have received  compos-
 ite  annual  professional performance review ratings pursuant to section
 three thousand twelve-c or section three thousand twelve-d of this arti-
 cle, of either effective or highly effective in at least  three  of  the
 four preceding years, exclusive of any breaks in service; provided that,
 notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of this section to the contrary,
 when a teacher or principal receives an effective  or  highly  effective
 rating  in each year of his or her probationary service except he or she
 receives an ineffective rating in the final year of his  or  her  proba-
 tionary  period,  such  teacher shall not be eligible for tenure but the
 board of education, in its discretion, may extend the  teacher's  proba-
 tionary  period  for an additional year; provided, however, that if such
 teacher or principal successfully appealed such ineffective rating, such
 teacher or principal shall immediately be eligible  for  tenure  if  the
 rating  resulting  from  the appeal established that such individual has
 been effective or highly effective in at least three  of  the  preceding
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

co-Sponsors

2021-A6750B (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§3012, 3012-d, 3014, 2509 & 2573, Ed L

2021-A6750B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the granting of tenure to probationary classroom teachers or building principals; provides that no school district shall complete an annual professional performance review for the two thousand twenty--two thousand twenty-one school year.

2021-A6750B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6750--B
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 29, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. BENEDETTO, GUNTHER, OTIS, McDONALD -- read once
   and referred to the Committee on Education  --  committee  discharged,
   bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as amended and recommitted to said
   committee -- again  reported  from  said  committee  with  amendments,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the granting of tenure
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subparagraph ii  of  paragraph  (a)  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.  Teachers  and  all  other members of the teaching 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 education, or the trustees  of  common  school
 districts, upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools, for
 a probationary period of four years, except that in the case of a teach-
 er  who  has rendered satisfactory service as a regular substitute for a
 period of two years and, if a classroom  teacher,  has  received  annual
 professional  performance  review ratings in each of those years, or has
 rendered satisfactory service  as  a  seasonally  licensed  per  session
 teacher of swimming in day schools who has served in that capacity for a
 period  of two years and has been appointed to teach the same subject in
 day schools, on an annual salary, the teacher shall be appointed  for  a
 probationary period of two years; provided, however, that in the case of
 a  teacher  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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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