Bill Text: NY A08108 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to probationary periods for tenure in certain school districts.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-12 - substituted by s6090a [A08108 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A08108-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         8108--A
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      May 30, 2017
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        Introduced  by  M. of A. ABBATE, McDONOUGH, JAFFEE, PELLEGRINO -- Multi-
          Sponsored by -- M. of A. DenDEKKER -- read once and  referred  to  the
          Committee on Education -- recommitted to the Committee on Education in
          accordance  with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
          amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
          tee
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education law, in relation to tenure in certain
          school districts
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Subparagraph  ii  of  paragraph  (b)  of subdivision 1 of
     2  section 3012 of the education law, as amended by section 4 of subpart  D
     3  of  part  EE  of  chapter  56 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as
     4  follows:
     5    ii. Principals, administrators, supervisors and all other  members  of
     6  the  supervising  staff  of  school  districts,  including common school
     7  districts and/or school districts employing fewer than  eight  teachers,
     8  other  than  city  school  districts, who are appointed on or after July
     9  first, two thousand fifteen, shall be appointed by the board  of  educa-
    10  tion,  or the trustees of a common school district, upon the recommenda-
    11  tion of the superintendent of schools for a probationary period of  four
    12  years;  provided however that in the case of a principal, administrator,
    13  supervisor, or other member  of  the  supervising  staff  who  has  been
    14  appointed  on  tenure  in  another school district within the state, the
    15  school district where currently employed,  or  a  board  of  cooperative
    16  educational  services,  and  who was not dismissed from such district or
    17  board as a result of charges brought  pursuant  to  subdivision  one  of
    18  section  three  thousand  twenty-a or section three thousand twenty-b of
    19  this article, the principal, administrator, supervisor or  other  member
    20  of the supervising staff shall be appointed for a probationary period of
    21  three  years. The service of a person appointed to any of such positions
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11518-02-8
        A. 8108--A                          2
     1  may be discontinued at any time during the probationary  period  on  the
     2  recommendation  of  the superintendent of schools, by a majority vote of
     3  the board of education or the trustees of a common school district.
     4    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.