Bill Text: NY A00040 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes the reimbursement of non-public schools and teachers for training to assist them in preparing their students to meet the state's educational standards.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to education [A00040 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A00040-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 40 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 7, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SIMANOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT in relation to reimbursing non-public schools and teachers for training THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, 2 the state shall reimburse non-public schools directly for the costs 3 associated with two days of training for teachers to assist them in 4 preparing their students to meet the state's educational standards. 5 Furthermore, the state shall directly reimburse non-public school teach- 6 ers in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the pro rata portion of 7 their salary that they are foregoing in order to obtain such training or 8 (ii) an amount equivalent to the pro rata share of the average salary of 9 public school teachers in the school districts in which the non-public 10 schools are located. 11 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00510-01-5