STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3810 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 15, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed 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 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08373-01-9