What's happening
This bill allows individuals with exceptional business experience and a postgraduate degree to become school superintendents, bypassing some traditional education requirements.
Why it matters
Expands the pool of superintendent candidates. by allowing individuals with significant executive business experience and a postgraduate degree to qualify, potentially bringing new management strategies and perspectives from outside traditional education pathways.
Targets leadership skills over teaching background. by prioritizing business acumen and organizational leadership (e.g., CEO experience) rather than requiring prior teaching or education-specific coursework at the outset.
Maintains some educational oversight. by requiring these non-traditional superintendents to complete 12 semester hours of graduate study in school administration and supervision within two years, aiming to ensure they gain essential knowledge in educational leadership after their appointment.
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Who cares
School boards and BOCES boards
They could request superintendent certificates for qualifying business executives who do not meet all existing graduate coursework or teaching requirements.
Prospective superintendents with CEO experience
Candidates with a postgraduate degree from an accredited institution and at least five years as a company or organization CEO could qualify through the new pathway.
State education commissioner
The commissioner would be required to provide for certification upon a board’s request for qualifying candidates, considering workforce size and annual sales or operating revenues.
Superintendents certified through the new pathway
They would have to complete twelve semester hours of graduate study in school administration and supervision within two years of receiving their certificates.
Headline styles
Allow Business Leaders as Superintendents
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Sponsors
No co-sponsors yet.
History
- Referred to education
- 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.
Let CEOs Lead Schools
In Assembly Committee · Education · Sponsor Steven Englebright
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STATE OF NEW YORK
3810
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 15, 2019
Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- 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 the issuance of a superintendent's certificate to persons possessing exceptional qualifications
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 3003 of the education law is amended by adding a new subdivision 3-a to read as follows:
3-a. a. The commissioner, at the request of a board of education or board of cooperative educational services, shall provide for the issuance of a superintendent's certificate to any person possessing exceptional qualifications in specific business operations who does not meet all of the graduate course or teaching requirements of subdivision one of this section. For purposes of this subdivision "exceptional qualifications" means the candidate has earned a post graduate degree from an accredited college or university and has at least five years experience as chief executive officer of a company or organization. The size of employee work force and annual sales or operating revenues of such company shall be factors considered in the issuance of such a certificate.
b. Any superintendent receiving his or her certificate as superintendent of schools pursuant to paragraph a of this subdivision shall complete twelve semester hours of graduate study in the field of school administration and supervision within two years of receipt of his or her certificate.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD08373-01-9
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Sponsor's memo
Purpose
This bill would grant more equitable disability pensions to airport firefighters and training and safety officers in New York State division of military and naval affairs who sustain a disability related to heart disease, lung disease and certain forms of cancer.
Summary of provisions
Section one amends the retirement and social security law by adding two new sections 63-g and 63-h which establish that any member of the retirement system employed by the division of military and naval affairs shall be eligible to retire pursuant to the provisions of this section if he or she is an airport firefighter apprentice, firefighter I, airport firefighter II, airport firefighter III or training and safety officer.
Section two amends the social security law to establish that any member of the retirement system employed by the division of military and naval affairs shall be eligible to retire pursuant to the provisions of this section if he or she is an airport firefighter apprentice, firefighter I, airport firefighter II, airport firefighter III or training and safe- ty officer.
Section three establishes the effective date.
Justification
This bill would grant improved disability pensions to airport firefight- ers and training and safety officers in New York State division of mili- tary and naval affairs who sustain a disability related to hem 1 disease, lung disease and certain forms of cancer. Currently, benefits are approximately 1/3 of final average salary (FAS), and this bill would increase benefits to 50 percent or 75 percent of FAS. Furthermore, the bill would help individuals who sustain such disabilities to establish the presumption that they were incurred in the performance and discharge of duty, unless the contrary be proven by competent evidence. This piece of legislation will help to ensure these brave men and women receive the care they deserve.
Legislative history
2017: A. 8326 - Veto Memo 246 2016: S.8071 - Veto Memo. 261 2008: S.7934 - 3rd Reading Calendar/A.11111 - Passed Assembly. 2007: Veto 61
Fiscal implications
See the bill
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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