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Senate Bill S3408
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Establishes the bilingual teachers of tomorrow teacher recruitment and retention program
download bill text pdfSponsored By
(D, WF) 21st Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
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Floor Vote: Feb 5, 2024
aye (60)- Addabbo Jr.
- Ashby
- Bailey
- Borrello
- Breslin
- Brisport
- Brouk
- Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick
- Chu
- Cleare
- Comrie
- Cooney
- Felder
- Fernandez
- Gallivan
- Gianaris
- Gounardes
- Griffo
- Harckham
- Helming
- Hinchey
- Hoylman-Sigal
- Jackson
- Kavanagh
- Kennedy
- Krueger
- Lanza
- Liu
- Mannion
- Martinez
- Martins
- Mattera
- May
- Mayer
- Murray
- Myrie
- O'Mara
- Ortt
- Palumbo
- Parker
- Persaud
- Ramos
- Rhoads
- Rivera
- Rolison
- Ryan
- Salazar
- Sanders Jr.
- Scarcella-Spanton
- Sepúlveda
- Serrano
- Skoufis
- Stavisky
- Stec
- Stewart-Cousins
- Tedisco
- Thomas
- Webb
- Weber
- Weik
nay (1)
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Floor Vote: Feb 13, 2023
aye (60)- Addabbo Jr.
- Ashby
- Bailey
- Borrello
- Breslin
- Brisport
- Brouk
- Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick
- Chu
- Cleare
- Comrie
- Cooney
- Felder
- Fernandez
- Gallivan
- Gianaris
- Gonzalez
- Gounardes
- Griffo
- Harckham
- Helming
- Hinchey
- Hoylman-Sigal
- Jackson
- Kavanagh
- Kennedy
- Krueger
- Lanza
- Liu
- Mannion
- Martinez
- Martins
- Mattera
- May
- Mayer
- Murray
- Myrie
- O'Mara
- Ortt
- Palumbo
- Persaud
- Ramos
- Rhoads
- Rivera
- Rolison
- Ryan
- Salazar
- Sanders Jr.
- Scarcella-Spanton
- Sepúlveda
- Serrano
- Skoufis
- Stavisky
- Stec
- Stewart-Cousins
- Tedisco
- Walczyk
- Webb
- Weber
- Weik
nay (1)
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Feb 7, 2023 - Rules Committee Vote
S340820Aye0Nay1Aye with Reservations0Absent0Excused0AbstainedJan 29, 2024 - Finance Committee Vote
S340822Aye0Nay0Aye with Reservations0Absent0Excused0AbstainedJan 23, 2024 - Education Committee Vote
S340814Aye0Nay0Aye with Reservations0Absent1Excused0Abstained -
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co-Sponsors
(D, WF) 17th Senate District
(D, WF) 56th Senate District
(D, WF) 31st Senate District
(D) 16th Senate District
(D, WF) 48th Senate District
2023-S3408 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A364
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §3615, Ed L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2009-2010:
S2543
2011-2012: S1160
2013-2014: S3093
2015-2016: S2867
2017-2018: S2700
2019-2020: S5027
2021-2022: S5433, A9286
2023-S3408 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Establishes the bilingual teachers of tomorrow teacher recruitment and retention program to attract and retain bilingual, certified teachers in schools with a bilingual teacher shortage; provides for grants and procedures for applying for such grants and eligibility requirements for fund distribution.
2023-S3408 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S3408 SPONSOR: PARKER TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to establishing the bilingual teachers of tomorrow teacher recruitment and retention program PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To set forth requirements and guidelines for the Bilingual Teachers of Tomorrow Recruitment and Retention Program. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1. Adds a new section to Education Law to establish the bilin- gual teachers of tomorrow recruitment and retention program. This section details the application, grants, and funding allocation for the program. Section 2. Effective date.
JUSTIFICATION: This bill will enfranchise a segment of the population that would bene- fit from this type of funding. PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 2021-22: S.5433 - Passed Senate 2019-20: S.5027 - Referred to Education 2017-18: S.2700 - Referred to Education 2015-16: S.2867 - Referred to Education 2013-14: S.3093 - Referred to Education 2011-12: S.1160 - Referred to Education 2009-10: S.2543/A.4461 - Referred to Education 2007-08: S.2713/A.4872 2005-06: A.4384 2003-04: A.5309 2001-02: A.5986 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: To be determined. EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect immediately.
2023-S3408 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3408 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 31, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- 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 bilingual 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 3615 to read as follows: § 3615. BILINGUAL TEACHERS OF TOMORROW TEACHER RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION PROGRAM. 1. DEFINITIONS. A. THE TERM "SCHOOL WITH A BILINGUAL TEACHER SHORTAGE" MEANS A PUBLIC SCHOOL IN WHICH THERE WAS A SHORTAGE OF BILINGUAL, CERTIFIED TEACHERS IN THE PREVIOUS SCHOOL YEAR AND THERE IS A PROJECTED SHORTAGE IN THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER. B. THE TERM "BILINGUAL, CERTIFIED TEACHER" MEANS A TEACHER WHO HOLDS A PERMANENT OR PROFESSIONAL STATE TEACHING CERTIFICATE APPROPRIATE TO THE TEACHING POSITION, INCLUDING THE SUBJECT AREA IF APPLICABLE, IN WHICH HE OR SHE IS TO BE EMPLOYED AND WHO IS FULLY QUALIFIED TO TEACH IN A BILIN- GUAL EDUCATION PROGRAM. C. THE TERM "SCHOOL DISTRICT" SHALL MEAN A COMMON, UNION FREE, CENTRAL, CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL, OR CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. D. THE TERM "BOARD OF EDUCATION" SHALL MEAN THE GOVERNING BOARD OF ANY PUBLIC SCHOOL OR PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH C OF THIS SUBDIVISION. E. THE TERM "YEAR OF SERVICE" SHALL MEAN TEN MONTHS OF CONTINUOUS FULL-TIME SERVICE AS A TEACHER DURING A SCHOOL YEAR, GENERALLY OCCURRING BETWEEN SEPTEMBER FIRST AND JUNE THIRTIETH. 2. APPLICATION AND FUNDING. A. GRANTS SHALL BE MADE TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR BILINGUAL, CERTIFIED TEACHER RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02342-04-3 S. 3408 2
ACTIVITIES NECESSARY TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF BILINGUAL, CERTIFIED TEACHERS IN SCHOOLS WITH A BILINGUAL TEACHER SHORTAGE. B. SUCH GRANTS SHALL BE AWARDED TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS, WITHIN THE LIMITS OF FUNDS APPROPRIATED THEREFOR, THROUGH A COMPETITIVE PROCESS THAT TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION THE MAGNITUDE OF ANY SHORTAGE OF BILINGUAL, CERTIFIED TEACHERS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE FISCAL CAPACITY OF THE DISTRICT, AND THE NUMBER OF NEW BILINGUAL, CERTIFIED TEACHERS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT INTENDS TO HIRE IN THE COMING SCHOOL YEAR. GRANTS PROVIDED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE USED ONLY FOR THE PURPOSES ENUMERATED IN THIS SECTION. C. NOT MORE THAN SIXTY PERCENT OF THE FUNDS ALLOCATED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO ANY ONE SCHOOL DISTRICT. D. ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT RECEIVING FUNDS UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL MAIN- TAIN ANY LOCAL EFFORT IN THE CURRENT YEAR EQUIVALENT TO SUCH EFFORT IN THE BASE YEAR FOR ANY LOCAL PROGRAM RELATED TO THE RECRUITMENT OR RETENTION OF TEACHERS OR ANY PROGRAM THAT HAS PURPOSES THAT ARE SIMILAR TO ANY PURPOSE OF THIS SECTION OR THE DISTRICT SHALL PROVIDE A LOCAL MATCH TO STATE FUNDS RECEIVED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION. STATE FUNDS PROVIDED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL NOT SUPPLANT LOCAL FUNDS FOR ANY PURPOSE SIMILAR TO THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION. E. APPLICATIONS BY A SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR FUNDING PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE FILED WITH THE COMMISSIONER, IN A FORM DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER, BY JUNE FIRST OF THE BASE YEAR AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS SHALL BE NOTIFIED OF THEIR GRANT AWARD BY JUNE THIRTIETH OF THE BASE YEAR, PROVIDED THAT IN ANY YEAR SUCH APPLICATION AND AWARD DATES MAY BE MODIFIED BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR THE REASONABLE ADMINISTRATION OF THE PROGRAM. SUCH APPLICATION SHALL INCLUDE A PLAN BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF THE FUNDS IN EACH CATEGORY OF ALLOWABLE EXPENSES AUTHORIZED BY SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION, AND SUCH EXPENDITURES SHALL BE CONSISTENT WITH SUCH PLAN AND THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION. F. A PERSON RECEIVING AN AWARD PURSUANT TO ANY SUBDIVISION OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR AN AWARD PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER SUBDI- VISION OF THIS SECTION IN A SCHOOL YEAR. 3. BILINGUAL TEACHERS OF TOMORROW TEACHER RECRUITMENT INCENTIVE PROGRAM. BILINGUAL TEACHERS OF TOMORROW TEACHER RECRUITMENT INCENTIVE AWARDS MAY BE AVAILABLE TO TEACHERS PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION TO ATTRACT TEACHERS TO EMPLOYMENT IN SCHOOLS WITH A BILIN- GUAL TEACHER SHORTAGE. A. ELIGIBILITY. TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR AN AWARD PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVI- SION, AN APPLICANT SHALL: (1) BE A BILINGUAL, CERTIFIED TEACHER; (2) AGREE TO A SERVICE OBLIGATION OF ONE YEAR OF SERVICE IN A SCHOOL WITH A BILINGUAL TEACHER SHORTAGE AS A CONDITION OF RECEIVING AN AWARD PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION; AND (3) BE EMPLOYED FOR THE FIRST TIME AS A BILINGUAL, CERTIFIED TEACHER IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. B. APPLICATION AND SELECTION. (1) THE BOARD OF EDUCATION SHALL DETER- MINE THE FORM OF THE APPLICATION AND THE APPLICATION PROCESS FOR TEACH- ERS DEEMED ELIGIBLE FOR THE AWARD, AND SHALL IN ITS DISCRETION SELECT THE NUMBER OF ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS WHO WILL RECEIVE AN AWARD PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION. (2) IF THE NUMBER OF ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS EXCEEDS THE NUMBER OF AWARDS DETERMINED BY THE BOARD PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION, THEN THE BOARD SHALL USE AN OBJECTIVE COMPETITIVE PROCESS BASED ON EDUCATIONAL QUALI- FICATIONS TO DETERMINE WHICH ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS SHALL RECEIVE AWARDS. S. 3408 3 C. PAYMENT OF AWARDS. (1) ANNUAL AWARDS FROM STATE AND LOCAL FUNDS PROVIDED FOR THIS PURPOSE SHALL BE PAID BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO THE AWARD RECIPIENT. AWARD RECIPIENTS SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE AWARDS PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION AND SUCH AWARDS SHALL BE IN ADDITION TO AND NOT PART OF ANY AWARD RECIPIENT'S BASE SALARY. (2) THE INITIAL ANNUAL AWARD SHALL BE TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS, AND SUCH INITIAL AWARD MAY BE RENEWABLE EACH YEAR, FOR UP TO THREE ADDITIONAL YEARS, PROVIDED THAT THE RECIPIENT AGREES TO ONE YEAR OF SERVICE AS A FULL-TIME BILINGUAL, CERTIFIED TEACHER IN SCHOOLS WITH A BILINGUAL TEACHER SHORTAGE FOR EACH YEAR OF A RENEWED AWARD AND HAS PROVIDED SATISFACTORY SERVICE IN ANY PRIOR YEAR IN WHICH AN INITIAL OR RENEWED AWARD WAS GRANTED TO THE RECIPIENT. NO AWARDS SHALL BE MADE FOR LESS THAN ONE SCHOOL YEAR OF SERVICE AND THE SUM OF ANY INITIAL AND RENEWED AWARDS SHALL NOT EXCEED FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS. AWARDS MADE PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE USED TO REIMBURSE ANY EDUCATIONAL COSTS, INCLUDING THOSE FOR WHICH STUDENT LOANS MAY HAVE BEEN TAKEN, INCURRED BY THE RECIPIENT PRIOR TO RECEIPT OF THE AWARD FOR CERTIFICATION AS A TEACHER IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF THE STATE. (3) THE BOARD OF EDUCATION SHALL DEVELOP AND SECURE FROM THE AWARD RECIPIENT A WRITTEN AGREEMENT OUTLINING THE SERVICE OBLIGATION. SUCH AGREEMENT SHALL INCLUDE PROVISIONS FOR THE RECIPIENT TO REPAY THE AMOUNT OF THE AWARD TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IF THE RECIPIENT FAILS TO COMPLETE HIS OR HER SERVICE OBLIGATION IN ANY YEAR WHERE AN INITIAL OR RENEWED AWARD IS GRANTED, AND SUCH REPAID AMOUNTS SHALL BE DEDUCTED FROM ANY GRANT AMOUNTS DUE TO THE DISTRICT FROM THE STATE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION. UPON A WRITTEN APPEAL BY AN AWARD RECIPIENT, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, IN ITS DISCRETION, MAY PROVIDE A WAIVER OF REPAYMENT PROVISIONS FOR AN AWARD RECIPIENT WHO FAILS TO COMPLETE HIS OR HER SERVICE REQUIREMENT FOR DOCUMENTED REASONS OF HEALTH OR OTHER SEVERE HARDSHIP, AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER. D. NOTIFICATION. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION SHALL NOTIFY BOTH SUCCESSFUL AND UNSUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS BY SEPTEMBER FIRST OF ANY SCHOOL YEAR FOR WHICH AN INITIAL OR RENEWED AWARD IS PROVIDED TO TEACHERS PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION. 4. REPORTING. BY NOVEMBER FIRST FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF EACH SCHOOL YEAR, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE REGARDING THE BILINGUAL TEACHERS OF TOMORROW TEACHER RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION PROGRAM. SUCH REPORT SHALL LIST THE AMOUNT OF EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT'S TOTAL GRANT PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, THE USES OF THE GRANT, AND THE NUMBER OF AWARDS GRANTED BY TYPE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, AS WELL AS AN ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PROGRAM IN RECRUITING AND RETAINING BILINGUAL, CERTIFIED TEACHERS IN SCHOOLS WITH A BILINGUAL TEACHER SHORTAGE IN THE STATE. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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