Senate Bill S843

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to contracts for excellence in a city school district in a city having a population of one million or more inhabitants

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Current Bill Status - Signed by Governor


  • 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-S843 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1006
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §211-d, Ed L; amd §6, Chap of 2022 (as proposed in S.9460 & A.10498)

2023-S843 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that in a city school district in a city having a population of one million or more inhabitants, a plan developed in collaboration with the collective bargaining units representing teachers and the principals beginning in September 2022 and signed off on by the chancellor and the presidents of each bargaining unit, to reduce class sizes beginning September 2023 and to be achieved by September 2028 for all classes; requires a report on or before November 15, 2023 and on or before November 15th of each year thereafter; further requires the city school district to submit a financial impact statement on November 15, 2025.

2023-S843 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S843 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    843
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 6, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  LIU  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to contracts  for  excel-
   lence;  and to amend a chapter of the laws of 2022 amending the educa-
   tion law relating to the contract for  excellence  in  a  city  school
   district in a city having a population of one million or more inhabit-
   ants,  as  proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 9460 and A. 10498,
   in relation to the effectiveness thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Clause (A) of subparagraph (ii), clause (G) of subparagraph
 (iii)  and subparagraph (v) of paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of section
 211-d of the education law, clause (A) of subparagraph (ii)  and  clause
 (G)  of subparagraph (iii) as amended and subparagraph (v) as added by a
 chapter of the laws of 2022, amending the education law relating to  the
 contract  for  excellence  in  a city school district in a city having a
 population of one million or more inhabitants, as proposed  in  legisla-
 tive bills numbers S. 9460 and A. 10498, are amended to read as follows:
   (A)  In  a  city  school district in a city having a population of one
 million or more inhabitants such contract shall  also  include  a  plan,
 which shall be developed in collaboration with the collective bargaining
 units  representing  teachers  and the principals BEGINNING IN SEPTEMBER
 TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO and signed off on  by  the  chancellor  and  the
 presidents of each bargaining unit, to reduce actual class sizes, begin-
 ning  September  [two thousand twenty-two] TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE and
 to be achieved by September [two  thousand  twenty-seven]  TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY-EIGHT  for  all classes, with the exception of physical education
 and performing groups, as follows:  (1) kindergarten-third grade to have
 no more than twenty students per class; (2) fourth-eighth grade to  have
 no  more  than  twenty-three  students per class; and (3) high school to
 have no more than twenty-five students per class.    Physical  education
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04141-01-3
              

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