Assembly Bill A8917

                             
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                                   8917
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 19, 2022
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 Introduced  by  M. of A. FAHY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  the  New  York  state
   masters-in-education teacher incentive scholarship program
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 669-f of  the  education  law,  as
 added  by section 1 of subpart A of part EE of chapter 56 of the laws of
 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   1. Eligibility. Students who are matriculated in an approved  master's
 degree  in  education program at a New York state [public institution of
 higher education] COLLEGE, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION  SIX
 HUNDRED  ONE  OF  THIS TITLE, leading to a career as a teacher in public
 elementary or secondary education shall be eligible for an  award  under
 this section, provided the applicant: (a) earned an undergraduate degree
 from a college located in New York state; (b) was a New York state resi-
 dent  while  earning  such  undergraduate  degree; (c) achieved academic
 excellence as an undergraduate student, as defined by the corporation in
 regulation; (d) enrolls in  full-time  study  in  an  approved  master's
 degree  in  education program at a New York state [public institution of
 higher education] COLLEGE, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION  SIX
 HUNDRED  ONE  OF  THIS TITLE, leading to a career as a teacher in public
 elementary or secondary education; (e) signs a contract with the  corpo-
 ration agreeing to teach in a classroom setting on a full-time basis for
 five  years  in  a school located within New York state providing public
 elementary or secondary education recognized by the board of regents  or
 the  university  of  the  state  of  New York, including charter schools
 authorized pursuant to  article  fifty-six  of  this  chapter;  and  (f)
 complies with the applicable provisions of this article and all require-
 ments  promulgated  by  the  corporation  for  the administration of the
 program.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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