assembly Bill A68A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Directs the commissioner of education to issue guidance to school districts for developing programs to attract underrepresented candidates into the teaching profession

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Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jun 01, 2023 referred to rules
delivered to senate
passed assembly
ordered to third reading rules cal.423
rules report cal.423
reported
May 24, 2023 reported referred to rules
May 16, 2023 print number 68a
May 16, 2023 amend (t) and recommit to education
Jan 04, 2023 referred to education

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A68 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2140
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §305, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S7635
2021-2022: A4689, S1100

A68 - Summary

Directs the commissioner of education to issue guidance to school districts for developing programs to attract underrepresented candidates into the teaching profession and to identify funding available to school districts for such purposes.

A68 - Bill Text download pdf 

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    68
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SAYEGH, DICKENS, SEAWRIGHT, AUBRY, GIBBS, DeSTE-
   FANO, TAGUE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to developing  grow  your
   own initiatives at school districts, boards of cooperative educational
   services and higher education institutions
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as  the  "teachers
 and educators aiding the communities they call home (TEACH) act".
   § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 3039 to read
 as follows:
   § 3039. GROW YOUR OWN INITIATIVE. 1. THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION
 WITH  THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, CHANCELLOR OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW
 YORK AND CHANCELLOR OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW  YORK,  SHALL  DEVELOP
 GUIDELINES  FOR  SCHOOL  DISTRICTS,  BOARDS  OF  COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL
 SERVICES AND INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION TO  USE  TO  DEVELOP  GROW
 YOUR  OWN  INITIATIVES  AIMED  AT ATTRACTING UNDERREPRESENTED CANDIDATES
 INTO THE TEACHING PROFESSION. SUCH GUIDELINES SHALL INCLUDE BUT  NOT  BE
 LIMITED TO:
   (A)  EFFORTS  FOR  LOCAL  RECRUITMENT  OF UNDERREPRESENTED CANDIDATES,
 INCLUDING THOSE WHO ARE CURRENT TEACHING ASSISTANTS, PARAEDUCATORS,  AND
 CURRENT STUDENTS;
   (B) INITIATIVES AIMED AT CREATING AN EARLY RECRUITMENT PIPELINE BEGIN-
 NING AT THE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL;
   (C)  PARTNERSHIPS  BETWEEN SCHOOL DISTRICTS, COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZA-
 TIONS, EDUCATOR PREPARATION  INSTITUTIONS  AND  INSTITUTIONS  OF  HIGHER
 EDUCATION  TO ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT UNDERREPRESENTED CANDIDATES TO ENTER
 AND REMAIN IN THE TEACHING PROFESSION; AND

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01772-01-3
 A. 68                               2

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A68A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2140
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §305, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S7635
2021-2022: A4689, S1100

A68A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the commissioner of education to issue guidance to school districts for developing programs to attract underrepresented candidates into the teaching profession and to identify funding available to school districts for such purposes.

A68A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   68--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SAYEGH, DICKENS, SEAWRIGHT, AUBRY, GIBBS, DeSTE-
   FANO, TAGUE, CUNNINGHAM, BENDETT, J. M. GIGLIO,  SANTABARBARA,  SIMON,
   JACKSON,  GUNTHER,  ZINERMAN, COLTON, KELLES, CRUZ, McDONALD, WOERNER,
   CONRAD, EPSTEIN, COOK, REYES, K. BROWN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of
   A.  LEVENBERG, McDONOUGH -- 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 developing  grow  your
   own  initiatives  at school districts and boards of cooperative educa-
   tional services
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  This act shall be known and may be cited as  the  "teach-
 ers and educators aiding the communities they call home (TEACH) act".
   § 2. Section 305 of the education law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 60 to read as follows:
   60.  THE  COMMISSIONER,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER
 EDUCATION, SHALL ISSUE GUIDANCE FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND BOARDS OF COOP-
 ERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES TO USE TO DEVELOP GROW YOUR OWN INITIATIVES
 AIMED  AT  ATTRACTING  UNDERREPRESENTED  CANDIDATES  INTO  THE  TEACHING
 PROFESSION. SUCH GUIDANCE SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   (A)  WAYS  TO RECRUIT UNDERREPRESENTED CANDIDATES, INCLUDING THOSE WHO
 ARE CURRENT TEACHING ASSISTANTS AND CURRENT STUDENTS IN TEACHER PREPARA-
 TION PROGRAMS;
   (B) INITIATIVES AIMED AT CREATING AN EARLY RECRUITMENT PIPELINE BEGIN-
 NING IN SECONDARY SCHOOL;
   (C) HOW TO ESTABLISH PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN SCHOOL  DISTRICTS,  COMMUNI-
 TY-BASED  ORGANIZATIONS, AND INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION TO ENCOUR-
 AGE AND SUPPORT UNDERREPRESENTED CANDIDATES TO ENTER AND REMAIN  IN  THE
 TEACHING PROFESSION; AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.