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History
- Referred to higher education
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 62–0
- Ordered to third reading cal.1829
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Referred to higher education
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Relates to admission requirements for graduate-level teacher and educational leader programs for certified teachers already holding a graduate degree
In Assembly Committee · Higher Education · Sponsor Deborah Glick
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Title of bill
An act to amend the education law, in relation to admission requirements for graduate-level teacher and educational leader programs for certified teachers already holding a graduate degree
Purpose
To provide that in-service teachers having completed a graduate program need not take the GRE.
Summary of provisions
Section 1. Amends section 210-a of the education law to provide that the graduate record examination (GRE) or substantially equivalent admission examination requirement will not apply to certified teachers who already hold a graduate degree when applying for a graduate-level teacher program.
Section 2. Sets for the effective date.
Justification
Currently, the law requires that in order for any applicant to be admitted to a graduate level teacher program, that applicant must have taken the GRE or a substantially equivalent admission examination. This does not account for teachers that are already certified who decide to go back to get another certification and have already matriculated through a graduate teaching program.
This is a correction to distinguish between in-service teachers and pre-service teachers. Teachers that are already in-service have already gone through a graduate program and thus should not need to take the GRE when they have already matriculated and decide to go back to receive more certifications.
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New bill.
Fiscal implications
EFFECTIVE DATE : Immediately.
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