Bill Text: NY A02637 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to annual teacher and principal evaluations; provides that no school district shall be eligible for an apportionment of general support for public schools appropriated in excess of the amount apportioned such school district unless it has either adopted a plan for the annual professional performance review of its classroom teachers and building principals or has submitted documentation demonstrating that it has fully implemented the standards and procedures for conducting annual teacher and principal evaluations.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to education [A02637 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A02637-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2637
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 24, 2019
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        Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, GALEF, ABINANTI, BUCHWALD, JAFFEE, BRABE-
          NEC,  FAHY,  LIFTON, BARRETT, JEAN-PIERRE -- read once and referred to
          the Committee on Education
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation  to  annual  teacher  and
          principal evaluations
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 11 of section 3012-d of the education  law,  as
     2  added  by section 2 of subpart E of part EE of chapter 56 of the laws of
     3  2015, is amended to read as follows:
     4    11. Notwithstanding any  inconsistent  provision  of  law,  no  school
     5  district  shall  be eligible for an apportionment of general support for
     6  public schools from the funds appropriated  for  the  2015--2016  school
     7  year and any year thereafter in excess of the amount apportioned to such
     8  school  district in the respective base year unless such school district
     9  either (i) has adopted a plan for the  annual  professional  performance
    10  review  of  its classroom teachers and building principals in accordance
    11  with the requirements of section three thousand twelve-c of this article
    12  and the regulations of the commissioner which plan has been approved  by
    13  the  commissioner,  or  (ii)  has  submitted documentation that has been
    14  approved  by  the  commissioner  by  November  fifteenth,  two  thousand
    15  fifteen,  or  by  September first of each subsequent year, demonstrating
    16  that it has fully implemented the standards and procedures for  conduct-
    17  ing  annual teacher and principal evaluations of teachers and principals
    18  in accordance with the requirements of this section and the  regulations
    19  issued  by  the  commissioner.  Provided  further that any apportionment
    20  withheld pursuant to this section shall not occur prior to  April  first
    21  of  the  current  year  and  shall  not have any effect on the base year
    22  calculation for use in the subsequent school year. For purposes of  this
    23  section,  "base year" shall mean the base year as defined in paragraph b
    24  of subdivision one of section thirty-six hundred two  of  this  chapter,
    25  and "current year" shall mean the current year as defined in paragraph a
    26  of subdivision one of section thirty-six hundred two of this chapter.
    27    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03702-01-9