Bill Text: NY S05985 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the New York state masters-in-education teacher incentive scholarship program.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Vetoed) 2019-12-06 - VETOED MEMO.189 [S05985 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S05985-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          5985

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 16, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. BRESLIN -- 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  New  York  state
          masters-in-education teacher incentive scholarship program

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 669-f of  the  education  law,  as
     2  added  by section 1 of subpart A of part EE of chapter 56 of the laws of
     3  2015, is amended to read as follows:
     4    1. Eligibility. Students who are matriculated in an approved  master's
     5  degree  in  education program at a New York state [public institution of
     6  higher education] college, as defined in subdivision two of section  six
     7  hundred  one  of  this title, leading to a career as a teacher in public
     8  elementary or secondary education shall be eligible for an  award  under
     9  this section, provided the applicant: (a) earned an undergraduate degree
    10  from a college located in New York state; (b) was a New York state resi-
    11  dent  while  earning  such  undergraduate  degree; (c) achieved academic
    12  excellence as an undergraduate student, as defined by the corporation in
    13  regulation; (d) enrolls in  full-time  study  in  an  approved  master's
    14  degree  in  education program at a New York state [public institution of
    15  higher education] college, as defined in subdivision two of section  six
    16  hundred  one  of  this title, leading to a career as a teacher in public
    17  elementary or secondary education; (e) signs a contract with the  corpo-
    18  ration agreeing to teach in a classroom setting on a full-time basis for
    19  five  years  in  a school located within New York state providing public
    20  elementary or secondary education recognized by the board of regents  or
    21  the  university  of  the  state  of  New York, including charter schools
    22  authorized pursuant to  article  fifty-six  of  this  chapter;  and  (f)
    23  complies with the applicable provisions of this article and all require-
    24  ments  promulgated  by  the  corporation  for  the administration of the
    25  program.
    26    § 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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