Senate Bill S342

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Establishes the underrepresented teachers of tomorrow teacher recruitment and retention program

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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-S342 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4556
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §3612-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S7647
2023-2024: S1192, A4274

2021-S342 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the underrepresented teachers of tomorrow teacher recruitment and retention program to attract and retain underrepresented certified teachers in schools which have an underrepresentation of underrepresented certified teachers; provides for grants and procedures for applying for such grants and eligibility requirements for fund distribution.

2021-S342 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S342 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    342
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. PERSAUD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education  law,  in  relation  to  establishing  the
   underrepresented   teachers   of   tomorrow  teacher  recruitment  and
   retention program

   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 section 3612-a
 to read as follows:
   §  3612-A.  UNDERREPRESENTED  TEACHERS OF TOMORROW TEACHER RECRUITMENT
 AND RETENTION PROGRAM. 1. DEFINITIONS.  A.  THE  TERM  "UNDERREPRESENTED
 CERTIFIED TEACHER" MEANS A TEACHER WHO HOLDS A PERMANENT OR PROFESSIONAL
 STATE TEACHING CERTIFICATE APPROPRIATE TO THE TEACHING POSITION, INCLUD-
 ING  THE  SUBJECT  AREA  IF  APPLICABLE,  IN  WHICH  HE  OR SHE IS TO BE
 EMPLOYED, WHO IS FULLY QUALIFIED TO TEACH IN AN  EDUCATION  PROGRAM  AND
 PARTICIPATED  IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT/POST-SECONDARY PARTNERSHIP "GROW YOUR
 OWN" INITIATIVE, MY BROTHER'S KEEPER, TEACHER OPPORTUNITY CORPS PROGRAM,
 HIGHER EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM, EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM,  OR
 OTHER SIMILAR PROGRAM.
   B.  THE  TERM  "SCHOOL  DISTRICT"  SHALL  MEAN  A  COMMON, UNION FREE,
 CENTRAL, CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL, OR CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
   C. THE TERM "BOARD OF EDUCATION" SHALL MEAN THE GOVERNING BOARD OF ANY
 PUBLIC SCHOOL OR PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH B  OF  THIS
 SUBDIVISION.
   D.  THE  TERM  "UNDERREPRESENTED  SCHOOL" SHALL MEAN A SCHOOL BUILDING
 WHICH HAS AN UNDERREPRESENTATION OF CERTIFIED TEACHERS WHO  PARTICIPATED
 IN  A  SCHOOL DISTRICT/POST-SECONDARY PARTNERSHIP "GROW YOUR OWN" INITI-
 ATIVE, MY BROTHER'S KEEPER, TEACHER OPPORTUNITY  CORPS  PROGRAM,  HIGHER
 EDUCATION  OPPORTUNITY  PROGRAM, EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM, OR OTHER
 SIMILAR PROGRAMS, AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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