STATE OF NEW YORK
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                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 27, 2017
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BARCLAY, BLANKENBUSH, CROUCH, FINCH, GIGLIO,
          GRAF, HAWLEY, KOLB, OAKS, STEC, WALTER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of
          A.  BUTLER,  DiPIETRO,  LUPINACCI,  McDONOUGH,  McLAUGHLIN, PALMESANO,
          THIELE -- 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    § 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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