Bill Text: NY A06266 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides for the issuance of a superintendent's certificate to persons possessing exceptional qualifications in specific business operations who do not meet all of the graduate course or teaching requirements to be eligible for the position of superintendent under state law.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to education [A06266 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A06266-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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           S. 4433                                                  A. 6266
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                             S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 20, 2015
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       IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
         ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
       IN  ASSEMBLY  --  Introduced  by  M.  of A. ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and
         referred 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 quali-
         fications
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Section  3003 of the education law is amended by adding a
    2  new subdivision 3-a to read as follows:
    3    3-A. A. THE COMMISSIONER, AT THE REQUEST OF A BOARD  OF  EDUCATION  OR
    4  BOARD  OF  COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, SHALL PROVIDE FOR THE ISSU-
    5  ANCE OF A SUPERINTENDENT'S CERTIFICATE TO ANY PERSON  POSSESSING  EXCEP-
    6  TIONAL  QUALIFICATIONS IN SPECIFIC BUSINESS OPERATIONS WHO DOES NOT MEET
    7  ALL OF THE GRADUATE COURSE OR TEACHING REQUIREMENTS OF  SUBDIVISION  ONE
    8  OF  THIS  SECTION.  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION "EXCEPTIONAL QUALI-
    9  FICATIONS" MEANS THE CANDIDATE HAS EARNED A POST GRADUATE DEGREE FROM AN
   10  ACCREDITED COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY AND HAS AT LEAST FIVE YEARS  EXPERIENCE
   11  AS  CHIEF  EXECUTIVE  OFFICER OF A COMPANY OR ORGANIZATION.  THE SIZE OF
   12  EMPLOYEE WORK FORCE AND ANNUAL  SALES  OR  OPERATING  REVENUES  OF  SUCH
   13  COMPANY  SHALL  BE  FACTORS CONSIDERED IN THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH A CERTIF-
   14  ICATE.
   15    B. ANY SUPERINTENDENT RECEIVING HIS OR HER CERTIFICATE AS  SUPERINTEN-
   16  DENT  OF  SCHOOLS  PURSUANT  TO  PARAGRAPH  A  OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL
   17  COMPLETE TWELVE SEMESTER HOURS OF GRADUATE STUDY IN THE FIELD OF  SCHOOL
   18  ADMINISTRATION AND SUPERVISION WITHIN TWO YEARS OF RECEIPT OF HIS OR HER
   19  CERTIFICATE.
   20    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD00870-01-5