What's happening
This bill exempts certified teachers from needing additional certifications to run certain after-school programs, except in large city districts.
Why it matters
Could streamline staffing and expand after-school program options. by allowing already-certified teachers to supervise or operate these programs without jumping through additional bureaucratic hoops, potentially making it easier and quicker to launch or staff such activities in most school districts.
May help address staffing shortages or gaps in after-school care. by leveraging existing teaching staff, especially in rural or suburban areas where it can be difficult to find people with multiple certifications.
Excludes large city school districts (like NYC), maintaining stricter requirements there. , which means the potential benefits (or risks) of this streamlined process would not be felt in the largest urban districts—possibly reflecting concerns about higher student populations or different regulatory needs in those areas.
Preserves essential safety checks. by still requiring federal background checks for all teachers, balancing the reduction in administrative burden with continued attention to student safety.
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
Let Teachers Run After-School
Plain English, a few words. Used as the page title.
Sponsors
1 Co-sponsor
1 Multi-sponsor
History
- Held for consideration in children and families
- Referred to children and families
- Referred to children and families
Full text
1 pageUnderlined is new[Struck] is removedOfficial text on nysenate.gov ↗
STATE OF NEW YORK
5594
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 13, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. MANKTELOW -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. HAWLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Children and Families
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to exempting teachers from additional certifications or prerequisites associated with running certain after-school programs
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 17 of the social services law is amended by adding a new subdivision (h-1) to read as follows:
(h-1) grant any teacher certified in accordance with 8 NYCRR part 80, an exemption from any additional certification or prerequisite, except for background checks required under public law 113-186, required to operate any after-school program operated by the office of children and family services, or an after-school program for children run by a public school district or by a private school or academy which is providing elementary or secondary education or both, in accordance with the compulsory education requirements of the education law, provided that the kindergarten, pre-kindergarten, nursery school, or after-school program is located on the premises or campus where the elementary or secondary education is provided; except for any teacher working in any school building of a city school district of a city having one hundred twenty-five thousand inhabitants or more.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD08945-01-9
Reflowed for reading: line numbers and page breaks removed. Cite the official text.
Summaries, headlines and scores are AI-generated from the official bill text. How we score bills. Source: NYS Open Legislation.