Bill Text: NY S07080 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to certain candidates for an initial teaching certificate.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-23 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S07080 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-S07080-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7080
I N S E N A T E
April 23, 2014
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Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
AN ACT in relation to certain candidates for an initial teaching certif-
icate
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. If a candidate for a certificate in the classroom teaching
2 service applies for and meets all the requirements for an initial teach-
3 ing certificate by August 31, 2014, except that such candidate did not
4 receive a satisfactory passing score on the teacher performance assess-
5 ment on the first attempt, if the teacher performance assessment is
6 required for the certificate title sought, such candidate may instead
7 receive a satisfactory level of performance on the elementary or second-
8 ary written assessment of teaching skills examination in lieu of a
9 satisfactory level of performance on the teacher performance assessment
10 (edTPA).
11 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
12 have been in full force and effect on and after May 1, 2014.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14839-01-4
