Bill Text: NY S06090 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to probationary periods for tenure in certain school districts.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Vetoed) 2018-12-21 - VETOED MEMO.313 [S06090 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6090
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      May 11, 2017
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        Introduced  by Sens. MARCELLINO, GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered print-
          ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in  relation  to  tenure  in  certain
          school districts
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subparagraph ii  of  paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision  1  of
     2  section  3012 of the education law, as amended by section 4 of subpart D
     3  of part EE of chapter 56 of the laws of 2015,  is  amended  to  read  as
     4  follows:
     5    ii.  Principals,  administrators, supervisors and all other members of
     6  the supervising staff  of  school  districts,  including  common  school
     7  districts  and/or  school districts employing fewer than eight teachers,
     8  other than city school districts, who are appointed  on  or  after  July
     9  first,  two  thousand fifteen, shall be appointed by the board of educa-
    10  tion, or the trustees of a common school district, upon the  recommenda-
    11  tion  of the superintendent of schools for a probationary period of four
    12  years; provided however that in the case of a principal,  administrator,
    13  supervisor,  or  other  member  of  the  supervising  staff who has been
    14  appointed on tenure in another school district  within  the  state,  the
    15  school  district  where  currently  employed,  or a board of cooperative
    16  educational services, and who was not dismissed from  such  district  or
    17  board  as  a  result  of  charges brought pursuant to subdivision one of
    18  section three thousand twenty-a or section three  thousand  twenty-b  of
    19  this  article, the probationary period shall not exceed three years. The
    20  service of a person appointed to any of such positions may be discontin-
    21  ued at any time during the probationary period on the recommendation  of
    22  the superintendent of schools, by a majority vote of the board of educa-
    23  tion or the trustees of a common school district.
    24    § 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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