Assembly Bill A7153

2021-2022 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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2021-A7153 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5595
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 125-C §6284, §677-b, amd §605, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A3620
2011-2012: A1108
2013-2014: A2993
2015-2016: A4556, A9987
2017-2018: A3484
2019-2020: A3071, S5361
2023-2024: A3284, S2595

2021-A7153 (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 public school 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.

2021-A7153 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7153
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 23, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  RICHARDSON, SIMON, COLTON, EPSTEIN, DICKENS,
   TAYLOR, DE LA ROSA, REYES, PICHARDO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.
   COOK, DURSO, GRIFFIN, HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee 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

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

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