Bill Text: NY A02076 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides for the issuance of a superintendent's certificate to persons possessing exceptional qualifications in specific business operations who do not meet all of the graduate course or teaching requirements to be eligible for the position of superintendent under state law.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to education [A02076 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A02076-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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           S. 2035                                                  A. 2076
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                             S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
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       IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
         ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
       IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, SALADINO -- read once
         and referred to the Committee on Education
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education law, in relation to the issuance of a
         superintendent's certificate to persons possessing exceptional  quali-
         fications
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 3003 of the education law is amended  by  adding  a
    2  new subdivision 3-a to read as follows:
    3    3-A.  A.  THE  COMMISSIONER, AT THE REQUEST OF A BOARD OF EDUCATION OR
    4  BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, SHALL PROVIDE FOR  THE  ISSU-
    5  ANCE  OF  A SUPERINTENDENT'S CERTIFICATE TO ANY PERSON POSSESSING EXCEP-
    6  TIONAL QUALIFICATIONS IN SPECIFIC BUSINESS OPERATIONS WHO DOES NOT  MEET
    7  ALL  OF  THE GRADUATE COURSE OR TEACHING REQUIREMENTS OF SUBDIVISION ONE
    8  OF THIS SECTION. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS  SUBDIVISION  "EXCEPTIONAL  QUALI-
    9  FICATIONS" MEANS THE CANDIDATE HAS EARNED A POST GRADUATE DEGREE FROM AN
   10  ACCREDITED  COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY AND HAS AT LEAST FIVE YEARS EXPERIENCE
   11  AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF A COMPANY OR ORGANIZATION.   THE  SIZE  OF
   12  EMPLOYEE  WORK  FORCE  AND  ANNUAL  SALES  OR OPERATING REVENUES OF SUCH
   13  COMPANY SHALL BE FACTORS CONSIDERED IN THE ISSUANCE OF  SUCH  A  CERTIF-
   14  ICATE.
   15    B.  ANY SUPERINTENDENT RECEIVING HIS OR HER CERTIFICATE AS SUPERINTEN-
   16  DENT OF SCHOOLS PURSUANT  TO  PARAGRAPH  A  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION  SHALL
   17  COMPLETE  TWELVE SEMESTER HOURS OF GRADUATE STUDY IN THE FIELD OF SCHOOL
   18  ADMINISTRATION AND SUPERVISION WITHIN TWO YEARS OF RECEIPT OF HIS OR HER
   19  CERTIFICATE.
   20    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD06176-01-3