NY State Senate Bill S2140A

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May 30, 2023	amended on third reading 2140b
May 30, 2023	vote reconsidered - restored to third reading returned to senate recalled from assembly
Feb 13, 2023	referred to education delivered to assembly passed senate
Feb 07, 2023	amended on third reading 2140a
Feb 07, 2023	ordered to third reading cal.287 reported and committed to rules
Jan 18, 2023	referred to education

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S2140 - Details

Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Add §3039, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S7635
2021-2022: S1100

S2140 - 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.

S2140 - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S2140

SPONSOR: LIU
 
TITLE OF BILL:

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

 
PURPOSE:

This bill requires guidelines on Grow Your Own initiatives to encourage
school districts, BOCES, and institutions of higher education to develop
partnerships to attract underrepresented candidates into the teaching
profession.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one adds a new section, 3039 to the Education Law. This section
requires the Commissioner of Education, in consultation with the Commis-
sioner of Labor, and the Chancellors of SUNY and CUNY, to develop guide-
lines for districts, BOCES, and higher education institutions to use

when developing Grow Your Own initiatives. Such guidelines shall include
models for local recruitment efforts; initiatives at early recruitment
in middle and high school; and partnership models between districts,
community-based organizations, teacher preparation institutions, and
higher education institutions to encourage and support candidates.

Section 2 is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Recent reports have highlighted the lack of diversity in New York's
teaching workforce. In addition, reports have also predicted a teaching
shortage in New York State and nationwide. To address these issues, many
states and schools have looked to 'Grow Your Own' teaching efforts to
increase the number of diverse, community-based teachers within the
district. Grow Your Own initiatives have been praised as a promising
effort to expand the number of diverse teachers by looking to current
students, as well as paraprofessionals and community members.  Guide-
lines will provide interested districts with a blueprint to develop a
successful Grow Your Own program.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

02/14/22 Passed Senate referred to Assembly Education Committee

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

S2140 - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2140
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 18, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. LIU, JACKSON, MAY, MAYER -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Educa-
   tion
 
 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.  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
   (D)  FUNDING SOURCES AVAILABLE TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND INSTITUTIONS OF
 HIGHER EDUCATION TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN UNDERREPRESENTED CANDIDATES  INTO
 THE TEACHING PROFESSION.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01772-02-3
 S. 2140                             2

 
   2.  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION "UNDERREPRESENTED CANDIDATE" MEANS AN
 INDIVIDUAL THAT HAS PARTICIPATED IN, OR MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR,  MY  BROTH-
 ER'S  KEEPER, TEACHER OPPORTUNITY CORPS PROGRAM, HIGHER EDUCATION OPPOR-
 TUNITY PROGRAM, EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM OR OTHER SIMILAR PROGRAM.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.

Co-Sponsors

S2140A - Details

Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Add §3039, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S7635
2021-2022: S1100

S2140A - Summary

S2140A - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S2140A

SPONSOR: LIU
 
TITLE OF BILL:

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

 
PURPOSE:

This bill requires guidelines on Grow Your Own initiatives to encourage
school districts, BOCES, and institutions of higher education to develop
partnerships to attract underrepresented candidates into the teaching
profession.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one adds a new section, 3039 to the Education Law. This section
requires the Commissioner of Education, in consultation with the Commis-
sioner of Labor, and the Chancellors of SUNY and CUNY, to develop guide-
lines for districts, BOCES, and higher education institutions to use

when developing Grow Your Own initiatives. Such guidelines shall include
models for local recruitment efforts; initiatives at early recruitment
in middle and high school; and partnership models between districts,
community-based organizations, teacher preparation institutions, and
higher education institutions to encourage and support candidates.

Section 2 is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Recent reports have highlighted the lack of diversity in New York's
teaching workforce. According to a 2022 report from the Education Trust-
New York, more than one in five New York students attends a school with-
out any teachers of color. Roughly one in ten Black and Latinx students
attend schools without teachers of the same race. The proportion of
Asian and American Indian students attending a school without a same-
race teacher is even higher at 19% and 76% respectively. Roughly one in
three White students attend a school without any teachers of color.

Despite bodies of research that show access to diverse teachers is
important for all students and efforts to improve diversity across the
state, this new analysis shows that between the 2018-19 and 2021-22
schools years, New York did not move the needle on cultivating a more
diverse teacher workforce. The critical role that strong teachers,
school leaders, and other professionals play in student success is
central to closing gaps for students at all levels. Powerful national
research reinforces the importance of highly skilled, well-trained, and
diverse teachers.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

02/14/22 Passed Senate; referred to Assembly Education Committee

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

S2140A - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  2140--A
     Cal. No. 287
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 18, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. LIU, JACKSON, MAY, MAYER -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Educa-
   tion  --  reported  favorably from said committee and committed to the
   Committee on Rules -- ordered to a third reading, amended and  ordered
   reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
 
 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.

                                                            LBD01772-03-3
 S. 2140--A                          2
 
   (D)  FUNDING SOURCES AVAILABLE TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND INSTITUTIONS OF
 HIGHER EDUCATION TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN UNDERREPRESENTED CANDIDATES  INTO
 THE TEACHING PROFESSION.
   2.  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION "UNDERREPRESENTED CANDIDATE" MEANS AN
 INDIVIDUAL THAT HAS PARTICIPATED IN, OR MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR,  MY  BROTH-
 ER'S  KEEPER, TEACHER OPPORTUNITY CORPS PROGRAM, HIGHER EDUCATION OPPOR-
 TUNITY PROGRAM, EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM OR OTHER SIMILAR PROGRAM.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.

Co-Sponsors

S2140B (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Add §3039, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S7635
2021-2022: S1100

S2140B (ACTIVE) - Summary

S2140B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S2140B

SPONSOR: LIU
 
TITLE OF BILL:

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

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This bill requires guidance on "grow your own initiatives" to encourage
school districts and BOCES to develop partnerships to attract underrep-
resented candidates into the teaching profession.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 adds the title.

Section 2 would require the Commissioner of Education, in consultation
with institutions of higher education, to issue guidance for school
districts and BOCES 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, ways to recruit

underrepresented candidates; initiatives aimed at creating an early
recruitment pipeline beginning in secondary school; how to establish
partnerships between school districts, community-based organizations,
and higher education institutions to encourage and support candidates to
enter and remain in the teaching profession; and how to identify exist-
ing funding sources available to school districts to attract and retain
underrepresented candidates into the teaching profession.

Section 3 sets the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Recent reports have highlighted the lack of diversity in New York's
teaching workforce. According to a 2022 report from the Education Trust
New York, more than one in five New York students attends a school with-
out any teachers of color. Roughly one in ten Black and Latinx students
attend schools without teachers of the same race. The proportion of
Asian and American Indian students attending a school without a same-
race teacher is even higher at 19% and 76% respectively. Roughly one in
three White students attends a school without any teachers of color.

Despite bodies of research that show access to diverse teachers is
important for all students and efforts to improve diversity across the
state, this new analysis shows that between the 2018-19 and 2021-22
schools years, New York did not move the needle on cultivating a more
diverse teacher workforce. The critical role that strong teachers,
school leaders, and other professionals play in student success is
central to closing gaps for students at all levels. Powerful national
research reinforces the importance of highly skilled, well-trained, and
diverse teachers.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2020: Passed Senate

2021: Passed Senate

2022: Passed Senate

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

Undetermined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it
shall have become a law.

S2140B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  2140--B
     Cal. No. 287
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 18, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  LIU,  HOYLMAN-SIGAL,  JACKSON, MAY, MAYER -- read
   twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
   Committee  on  Education -- reported favorably from said committee and
   committed to the Committee on Rules -- ordered  to  a  third  reading,
   amended  and  ordered  reprinted,  retaining its place in the order of
   third reading -- passed by  Senate  and  delivered  to  the  Assembly,
   recalled,  vote  reconsidered,  restored to third reading, amended and
   ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
 
 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.

                                                            LBD01772-07-3
 S. 2140--B                          2
 
   (D)  WAYS  TO  IDENTIFY  EXISTING  FUNDING SOURCES AVAILABLE TO SCHOOL
 DISTRICTS TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN  UNDERREPRESENTED  CANDIDATES  INTO  THE
 TEACHING PROFESSION.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.

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