What's happening
This bill reduces the probationary period for previously tenured administrators or supervisors changing districts in New York to two years.
Why it matters
Encourages Experienced Administrators to Move Between Districts. By reducing the probationary period for previously tenured administrators and supervisors, the bill could make it less risky and more appealing for experienced leaders to change districts, potentially helping schools attract top talent.
Aligns Administrators’ Treatment with Teachers. The bill provides similar probationary period reductions for administrators as already exist for teachers who move between districts, promoting consistency and fairness in how experienced educators are treated during transitions.
Limits Disruption for Proven Leaders. Shorter probationary periods mean that administrators with a track record of successful service can achieve job security more quickly, reducing uncertainty both for themselves and the schools they serve.
Maintains Safeguards Against Misconduct. The reduced probationary period only applies to those not dismissed for cause under disciplinary charges, ensuring that only administrators with positive records benefit from this change.
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Who cares
Previously tenured principals, administrators and supervisors
Those appointed in non-city school districts would have probation capped at two years if they previously earned tenure in a New York school district or BOCES and were not dismissed following charges under Education Law section 3020-a(1).
School boards and common school district trustees
They would have a shorter probationary window for qualifying supervising staff, rather than the otherwise applicable three or four years.
School superintendents
Their recommendations on appointments and discontinuing probationary service would operate within the two-year cap for qualifying previously tenured supervising staff.
Headline styles
Shorten Administrator Probation Period
Plain English, a few words. Used as the page title.
Sponsors
1 Co-sponsor
1 Multi-sponsor
History
- Referred to education
- Referred to education
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
4348
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 4, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, LIFTON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. RIVERA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to securing for previously tenured administrators and supervisors the same probationary period as provided for teachers and all other members of the teaching staffs of school districts in the state
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 3012 of the education law, as amended by section 4 of subpart D of part EE of chapter 56 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
(b) i. Principals, administrators, supervisors and all other members of the supervising staff of school districts, including common school districts and/or school districts employing fewer than eight teachers, other than city school districts, who are appointed prior to July first, two thousand fifteen, shall be appointed by the board of education, or the trustees of a common school district, upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools for a probationary period of three years; provided, however, that in the case of a principal, administrator, supervisor or any other member of a supervising staff who has been appointed on tenure in another school district within the state, the school district where currently employed, or by a board of cooperative educational services, and who is not dismissed from such district or board as a result of charges brought pursuant to subdivision one of section three thousand twenty-a of this article, the probationary period shall not exceed two years. The service of a person appointed to any of such positions may be discontinued at any time during the probationary period on the recommendation of the superintendent of schools, by a majority vote of the board of education or the trustees of a common school district.
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ii. Principals, administrators, supervisors and all other members of the supervising staff of school districts, including common school districts and/or school districts employing fewer than eight teachers, other than city school districts, who are appointed on or after July first, two thousand fifteen, shall be appointed by the board of education, or the trustees of a common school district, upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools for a probationary period of four years; provided, however, that in the case of a principal, administrator, supervisor or any other member of a supervising staff who has been appointed on tenure in another school district within the state, the school district where currently employed, or by a board of cooperative educational services, and who is not dismissed from such district or board as a result of charges brought pursuant to subdivision one of section three thousand twenty-a of this article, the probationary period shall not exceed two years. The service of a person appointed to any of such positions may be discontinued at any time during the probationary period on the recommendation of the superintendent of schools, by a majority vote of the board of education or the trustees of a common school district.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
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