Bill Text: NY S07642 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to directing the commissioner to convene statewide and regional conventions to bring together underrepresented educators annually to discuss experiences, best practices, and afford for networking, mentorship opportunities, and support.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-02-13 - referred to education [S07642 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S07642-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7642

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 3, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. JACKSON -- 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 directing the  commis-
          sioner  of  education to convene statewide and regional conventions to
          bring together underrepresented educators

          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 115 to
     2  read as follows:
     3    §  115. Underrepresented educators convention. 1. For purposes of this
     4  section, "underrepresented educators" shall mean teachers or administra-
     5  tors who currently participate or previously participated  in  a  school
     6  district or post-secondary partnership as part of a Grow Your Own initi-
     7  ative,  My  Brother's Keeper, teacher opportunity corps program,  higher
     8  education opportunity program, education  opportunity  program,  or  any
     9  other similar program or initiative.
    10    2.  (a) The commissioner shall annually convene a statewide convention
    11  to bring together underrepresented  educators  to  discuss  experiences,
    12  best practices, and afford for networking, mentorship opportunities, and
    13  support.  Such  convention  shall occur at a time and location chosen by
    14  the commissioner.
    15    (b) The commissioner shall also provide for  at  least  five  regional
    16  conventions annually to bring together underrepresented educators within
    17  each  geographic  region of the state to discuss experiences, best prac-
    18  tices, and afford for networking, mentorship opportunities, and support.
    19  Such conventions shall occur at  a  time  and  location  chosen  by  the
    20  commissioner.
    21    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15042-02-0