What's happening
This bill allows graduate-level teacher and educational leader programs to set their own minimum undergraduate GPA requirements, removing the 3.0 GPA mandate.
Why it matters
Expands access to teacher and educational leader graduate programs. by letting institutions set their own undergraduate GPA requirements, which could increase opportunities for otherwise qualified candidates with lower GPAs or non-traditional academic backgrounds.
Shifts decision-making power from the state to individual institutions. , allowing them to tailor admissions criteria based on their program’s needs and their evaluation of what predicts academic and professional success.
May encourage greater diversity in the teaching workforce. by reducing barriers that disproportionately impact candidates from underrepresented backgrounds or those with non-linear educational paths.
Could affect program rigor or public perception. , as institutions will need to balance maintaining high standards with expanding access, and will be responsible for justifying their admissions policies to stakeholders.
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Change GPA Rule for Teachers
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Sponsors
11 Co-sponsors
1 Multi-sponsor
History
- Substituted by S5410
- Advanced to third reading cal.191
- Reported
- Referred to higher 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.
Change GPA Rule for Teachers
Vetoed · Sponsor James Sanders Jr.
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
4538
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 4, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. GLICK, HEVESI, STIRPE, WALLACE, LIFTON, COLTON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. RAIA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the cumulative grade point average admission requirement for graduate-level teacher and educational leader programs
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 210-a of the education law, as amended by chapter 454 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
§ 210-a. Admission requirements for graduate-level teacher and educational leader programs. Each institution registered by the department with graduate-level teacher and leader education programs shall adopt rigorous selection criteria geared to predicting a candidate's academic success in its program, including but not limited to, a minimum score on the graduate record examination or a substantially equivalent admission examination, as determined by the institution, and achievement of a minimum cumulative grade point average [of 3.0 or higher] in the candidate's undergraduate program; provided, however, such graduate record examination or substantially equivalent admission examination requirement shall in no case apply to certified teachers or school administrators who already hold a graduate degree. Each program may exempt no more than fifteen percent of any incoming class of students from such selection criteria set forth in this section based on a student's demonstration of potential to positively contribute to the teaching profession or other extenuating circumstances pursuant to the regulations of the commissioner. A program shall report to the department the number of students admitted pursuant to such exemption and the selection criteria used for such exemptions.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05033-01-9
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