senate Bill S3408

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Establishes the bilingual teachers of tomorrow teacher recruitment and retention program

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Current Bill Status - Passed Senate


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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Feb 13, 2023 referred to education
delivered to assembly
passed senate
Feb 07, 2023 ordered to third reading cal.292
reported and committed to rules
Jan 31, 2023 referred to education

Votes

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Feb 7, 2023 - Education committee Vote

S3408
12
1
committee
12
Aye
1
Nay
2
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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Education Committee Vote: Feb 7, 2023

nay (1)
aye wr (2)

Feb 7, 2023 - Rules committee Vote

S3408
20
0
committee
20
Aye
0
Nay
1
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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S3408 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §3615, Ed L

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.

S3408 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

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

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