Bill Text: NY A02965 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 2965 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An act to amend the education law, in relation to decertification of a teacher who has been convicted of a felony

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 9-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-06-09 - held for consideration in education [A02965 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A02965-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2965
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 22, 2009
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. BARCLAY, FINCH, KOLB, CROUCH, GIGLIO, HAWLEY --
         Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.  ERRIGO,  McDONOUGH,  SAYWARD,  THIELE,
         WALKER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
       AN  ACT  to amend the education law, in relation to decertification of a
         teacher who has been convicted of a felony
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Section  3004 of the education law is amended by adding a
    2  new closing paragraph to read as follows:
    3    THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PRESCRIBE REGULATIONS THAT REQUIRE THE  IMMEDI-
    4  ATE  DECERTIFICATION  OF  ANY TEACHER WHO IS CONVICTED OF A FELONY UNDER
    5  THE LAWS OF THIS STATE OR ANY OFFENSE UNDER THE LAWS  OF  ANOTHER  STATE
    6  THAT, HAD IT OCCURRED IN THIS STATE, WOULD HAVE CONSTITUTED A FELONY.
    7    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
    8  ing  the  date  on  which  it shall have become a law; provided that the
    9  regulations necessary to the implementation of the  provisions  of  this
   10  act shall be promulgated on or before such first of November.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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