Bill Text: NY S01988 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 1988 (Prior Session Legislation)

NY State Legislature page for S01988

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to the repayment of awards under the New York state math and science teaching incentive program; allows teachers who teach for three of the seven years after the completion of the degree program and receipt of initial certification who then lose their employment through no fault of their own to repay the award on a prorated basis.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S01988 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S01988-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          1988
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 18, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  RANZENHOFER -- read twice and ordered printed, and
          when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
        AN ACT to amend the education law,  in  relation  to  the  repayment  of
          awards  under  the  New York state math and science teaching incentive
          program
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision 5 of section 669-d of the
     2  education law, as amended by section 5 of part G of chapter  54  of  the
     3  laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (b)  a  recipient  has not taught in the field of math or science in a
     5  school located within  New  York  state  providing  secondary  education
     6  recognized by the board of regents or the university of the state of New
     7  York  for  five  of  the  seven years after the completion of the degree
     8  program and receipt of initial certification, except that if a recipient
     9  teaches in the field of math or science in a school located  within  New
    10  York  state  providing  secondary  education  recognized by the board of
    11  regents or the university of the state of New York for at least three of
    12  the seven years after the completion of the degree program  and  receipt
    13  of initial certification and thereafter loses their employment due to no
    14  fault  of  their  own,  and  is unable to find other eligible employment
    15  within the seven year period, the amount of the award to be repaid,  and
    16  interest  thereon,  shall  be reduced to a prorated amount equal to five
    17  years less the number of years taught divided by five multiplied by  the
    18  principal  amount  of  the award, and interest shall be charged from the
    19  date of the loss of employment; or
    20    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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