Bill Text: NY A07500 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires a school district superintendent to be a resident of the state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to education [A07500 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A07500-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7500
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      May 6, 2011
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       Introduced  by M. of A. NOLAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Education
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing residency
         requirements for school district superintendents
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 1526-a
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S  1526-A.  DISTRICT  SUPERINTENDENT; RESIDENCY. EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT
    4  SUPERINTENDENT SHALL BE A RESIDENT OF THE  STATE.    PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,
    5  THAT  THE  RESIDENCY  REQUIREMENT OF THIS SECTION MAY BE WAIVED FOR GOOD
    6  CAUSE SHOWN FOR A  PERIOD  OF  ONE  YEAR  FOLLOWING  A  SUPERINTENDENT'S
    7  INITIAL  EMPLOYMENT  BY  THE  SCHOOL DISTRICT. SUCH WAIVER SHALL ONLY BE
    8  GRANTED UPON APPLICATION TO AND UPON THE WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE  COMMIS-
    9  SIONER.   PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT EVERY NEW AND RENEWAL CONTRACT FOR THE
   10  EMPLOYMENT OF A SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT SHALL INCLUDE  THE  PROVISIONS  OF
   11  THIS  SECTION  AND  A  PROVISION  THAT  THE  FAILURE  TO COMPLY WITH THE
   12  PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL VOID SUCH CONTRACT.
   13    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July  next  succeeding
   14  the  date  on which it shall have become a law and shall apply to school
   15  district superintendents commencing employment or renewing their employ-
   16  ment contracts on or after such date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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