Senate Bill S2673

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Establishes the "New York Teach Program" conditional tuition waiver

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee


  • 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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2023-S2673 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7232
Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §679-k, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A11365
2019-2020: S4063, A3055
2021-2022: S804, A1602

2023-S2673 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the New York Teach Program conditional tuition waiver; requires participants to teach at hard to staff school districts for four years after graduation in order to have tuition waived in full for accelerated bachelor's and master's degree programs in education.

2023-S2673 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S2673 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2673
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 24, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  FERNANDEZ, JACKSON, LIU -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Higher
   Education
 
 AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing the "New
   York Teach Program" conditional tuition waiver

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and be cited as the
 "New York Teach Program".
   § 2. The education law is amended by adding a  new  section  679-k  to
 read as follows:
   §  679-K.  NEW  YORK  TEACH  PROGRAM.  1. PURPOSE. THE PRESIDENT SHALL
 ESTABLISH A CONDITIONAL TUITION WAIVER FOR ACCELERATED  FIVE-YEAR  BACH-
 ELOR'S  AND  MASTER'S PROGRAM IN EDUCATION FOR ELIGIBLE PUBLIC UNIVERSI-
 TIES FOR THE PURPOSE OF INCREASING THE NUMBER OF TEACHERS SERVING UNDER-
 SERVED DISTRICTS IN THE STATE.
   2. ELIGIBILITY. TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CONDITIONAL TUITION WAIVER PURSU-
 ANT TO THIS SECTION, APPLICANTS SHALL (A) BE ACCEPTED IN AN  ACCELERATED
 FIVE-YEAR  BACHELOR'S AND MASTER'S DEGREE PROGRAM AT A PUBLIC UNIVERSITY
 IN THE STATE; (B) SIGN A CONTRACT TO AGREE TO TEACH  AT  THEIR  ASSIGNED
 HARD  TO STAFF CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR AT LEAST FOUR YEARS AFTER GRADU-
 ATION; (C) COMPLETE THE ACCELERATED FIVE-YEAR  BACHELOR'S  AND  MASTER'S
 DEGREE  PROGRAM WITHIN FIVE YEARS OF ENROLLMENT; (D) BE A NEW YORK STATE
 RESIDENT; AND (E) MAINTAIN A MINIMUM 3.0 GRADE POINT  AVERAGE  FOR  EACH
 ACADEMIC YEAR ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAM.
   3. DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM (A) "ELIGI-
 BLE  PUBLIC  UNIVERSITIES"  SHALL  MEAN  A PUBLIC UNIVERSITY IN NEW YORK
 STATE WITH BOTH A BACHELOR'S AND MASTER'S DEGREE IN EDUCATION; (B) "HARD
 TO STAFF CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTS" SHALL MEAN SCHOOL DISTRICTS  IN  A  CITY
 THAT  HAVE  A SHORTAGE OF TEACHERS, AS DESIGNATED BY THE DEPARTMENT; AND
 (C) "ACCELERATED FIVE-YEAR BACHELOR'S AND MASTER'S PROGRAM"  SHALL  MEAN
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06179-01-3
              

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