What's happening
This bill requires certified staff at nonpublic schools to meet continuing education requirements similar to those in public schools.
Why it matters
Expands accountability for teacher quality in private education. By requiring certified staff at nonpublic (private and parochial) schools to meet the same ongoing education standards as those in public schools, the bill aims to ensure instructional quality and professional development for all New York students, regardless of school type.
Closes a regulatory gap. Previously, certified teachers in nonpublic schools were exempt from continuing education requirements, potentially leading to disparities in current teaching methods and educational best practices between public and private institutions.
Potential impact on hiring and retention. Nonpublic schools may now face increased administrative and financial responsibilities to support their staff in satisfying these requirements, which could influence staffing decisions, professional development budgets, or the hiring of non-certified personnel.
Strengthens public oversight and professional standards. The bill subjects nonpublic school educators to the same moral character review and conditional registration processes as public school teachers, reinforcing the integrity and consistency of the teaching profession statewide.
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Expand Teacher Training Rules
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Sponsors
1 Co-sponsor
History
- Substituted by S4016
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.367
- Rules report cal.367
- Reported
- Reported referred to rules
- Reported referred to ways and means
- Referred to education
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Expand Teacher Training Rules
Signed by Governor · Sponsor Carl L. Marcellino
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
1039
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 10, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. NOLAN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to continuing education requirements for certain certified individuals employed by nonpublic schools
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph d of subdivision 1 and subdivision 3 of section 3006-a of the education law, as added by section 2 of subpart C of part EE of chapter 56 of the laws of 2015, are amended to read as follows:
d. Any certificate holder who is not practicing as a teacher, teaching assistant or educational leader in a school district [or], board of cooperative educational services, or nonpublic school that is providing instruction pursuant to subdivision two of section thirty-two hundred four of this title in this state shall be exempt from the continuing teacher and leader education requirement upon the filing of a written statement with the department declaring such status. Any holder of a professional certificate in the classroom teaching service, holder of a level III teaching assistant certificate and holder of a professional certificate in the educational leadership service who resumes practice during the five-year registration period shall notify the department prior to resuming practice and shall meet such continuing teacher and leader education requirements as prescribed in regulations of the commissioner.
3. The department, in its discretion, may issue a conditional registration to a teacher, teaching assistant or educational leader in a school district [or], board of cooperative educational services, or nonpublic school that is providing instruction pursuant to subdivision two of section thirty-two hundred four of this title in this state who fails to meet the continuing teacher and leader education requirements established in subdivision two of this section but who agrees to make up
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any deficiencies and take any additional continuing teacher and leader education which the department may require. The duration of such conditional registration shall be determined by the department. Any holder of a professional certificate in the classroom teaching service, holder of a level III teaching assistant certificate or holder of a professional certificate in the educational leadership service and any other certified individual required by the commissioner to register every five years who is notified of the denial of registration for failure to submit evidence, satisfactory to the department, of required continuing teacher and leader education and who practices without such registration, shall be subject to moral character review under subdivision seven of section three hundred five of this chapter.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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