What's happening
This bill requires certified staff at nonpublic schools in New York to meet the same continuing education requirements as those in public schools.
Why it matters
Expands accountability. By applying public school continuing education requirements to certified staff at nonpublic schools, the bill increases oversight and ensures all students have educators maintaining up-to-date professional skills.
Standardizes professional development. Nonpublic school teachers, teaching assistants, and educational leaders must now participate in the same ongoing training as their public school counterparts, reducing disparities in educator qualifications.
Potential administrative and cost impacts. Nonpublic schools will need to track and verify compliance with state-mandated continuing education, potentially increasing administrative workload and professional development costs for these institutions.
Conditional registration and discipline. Certified individuals in nonpublic schools who fail to meet requirements may receive conditional registration and could be subject to disciplinary review, mirroring the consequences faced in the public sector.
Albany, before your first meeting.
Every bill that moved yesterday, summarized in a sentence and ranked by impact. The Albany Scorecard follows on Sundays.
Free. Unsubscribe in one click. Want alerts on specific bills? Create an account.
Who cares
Headline styles
Expand Teacher Training Rules
Plain English, a few words. Used as the page title.
Sponsors
No co-sponsors yet.
History
- Signed chap.311
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.367
- Substituted for A1039
- Referred to ways and means
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 62–0
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.834
Show 1 earlier action
- 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
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Catherine Nolan
Full text
2 pagesUnderlined is new[Struck] is removedOfficial text on nysenate.gov ↗
STATE OF NEW YORK
4016
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 1, 2017
Introduced by Sen. MARCELLINO -- 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 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
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04725-01-7
S. 4016 2
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.
Reflowed for reading: line numbers and page breaks removed. Cite the official text.
Sponsor's memo
Title of bill
An act to amend the education law, in relation to continuing education requirements for certain certified individuals employed by nonpublic schools
Purpose
To ensure that continuing education requirements apply to all holders of professional certificates in the classroom teaching service, holders of level III teaching assistant certificates, and holders of profession certificates in the educational leadership or service regardless of whether they are employed by a school district, BOCES or nonpublic school.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 amends paragraph D of subdivision 1 and subdivision 3 of Section 3006-a of the Education Law by adding nonpublic schools to the provisions relating to the continuing education requirements for all holders of professional certificates in the classroom teaching service, holders of level III teaching assistant certificates, and holders of professional certificates in the educational leadership service.
Section 2 sets forth an immediate effective date.
Justification
The 2015-2016 State Budget added section 3006-A to the Education Law to require all holders of teaching certificates, teaching assistance certificates, and educational leadership certificates which are valid for life (Permanent, Professional and Teaching Assistant Level III) to register with the Department every five years and that holders of the Professional and Teaching Assistant Level III certificates complete 100 hours of continuing teacher and leader education during the five year registration period. The section inadvertently omitted such individuals employed by nonpublic schools from the continuing education provisions.
Because the State sets certification standards, no such state-certified individual, by virtue of their employment in a nonpublic school, should be exempt from requirements necessary to maintain their certification. Accordingly, this measure is necessary to clarify that continuing education requirements will continue to apply to all such currently employed certificate holders.
Legislative history
2015-2016:S. 7625 Passed Senate/ A. 10521 Education
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
Immediately.
Summaries, headlines and scores are AI-generated from the official bill text. How we score bills. Source: NYS Open Legislation.