Senate Bill S5772

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Eliminates the waiver of qualification requirements for school superintendents in the school districts located in cities having a population of one million or more residents

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-S5772 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3003, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
S1875

2015-S5772 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Eliminates the waiver of qualification requirements for school superintendents in the school districts located in cities having a population of one million or more residents.

2015-S5772 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S5772 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5772

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 2, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  AVELLA -- 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 eliminating the waiver
  of qualification requirements for school superintendents in the school
  districts located in cities having a population of one million or more
  residents

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Subdivision  3  of  section 3003 of the education law, as
amended by chapter 149 of the laws  of  1974,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  3.  [The]  EXCEPT IN SCHOOL DISTRICTS LOCATED IN CITIES HAVING A POPU-
LATION OF ONE MILLION  OR  MORE  RESIDENTS,  THE  commissioner,  at  the
request  of  a  board  of  education or board of cooperative educational
services, may provide for the issuance of a certificate  as  superinten-
dent  of  schools to exceptionally qualified persons who do not meet all
of the graduate course or teaching requirements of  subdivision  one  of
this  section,  but  whose  exceptional  training and experience are the
substantial equivalent of such requirements and qualify such persons for
the duties of a superintendent of schools.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11335-03-5

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