Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jun 08, 2015 |
referred to education delivered to assembly passed senate |
Jun 01, 2015 |
ordered to third reading cal.1148 committee discharged and committed to rules |
Jan 13, 2015 |
referred to education |
Senate Bill S1552
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(R, C) Senate District
2015-S1552 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-S1552 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S1552 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to establishing residency requirements for school district superintendents PURPOSE OF BILL: This bill requires School District Superintendents to be residents of the State. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends the Education Law by adding a new section 1526-a to establishes residency requirements for District Superintendents and to provide that the requirement may be waived for good cause shown for a period of one year following a Superintendent's initial employment. It further provides for residency requirements to be included in the contract for employment and a failure to comply shall void such contract. Section 2 makes the act take effect on the first of July next succeeding the date on which it shall have become law. JUSTIFICATION:
2015-S1552 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1552 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 13, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LIBOUS -- 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 establishing residency requirements for school district superintendents THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 1526-a to read as follows: S 1526-A. DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT; RESIDENCY. EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT SHALL BE A RESIDENT OF THE STATE. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT OF THIS SECTION MAY BE WAIVED FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR FOLLOWING A SUPERINTENDENT'S INITIAL EMPLOYMENT BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. SUCH WAIVER SHALL ONLY BE GRANTED UPON APPLICATION TO AND UPON THE WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMMIS- SIONER. PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT EVERY NEW AND RENEWAL CONTRACT FOR THE EMPLOYMENT OF A SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT SHALL INCLUDE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION AND A PROVISION THAT THE FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL VOID SUCH CONTRACT. S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law and shall apply to school district superintendents commencing employment or renewing their employ- ment contracts on or after such date. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06820-01-5
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