Bill Text: NY A04550 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the completion of a curriculum in the social and emotional development and learning of children as a condition for the granting of certification as a teacher.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-09-04 - enacting clause stricken [A04550 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A04550-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4550
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 4, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  P. RIVERA  --  read once and referred to the
         Committee on Education
       AN ACT to  amend  the  education  law,  in  relation  to  requiring  the
         completion  of  a  curriculum  in social and emotional development and
         learning of children prior to certification as a teacher
         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 subdivision 7 to read as follows:
    3    7. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, THE COMMISSIONER  SHALL
    4  PRESCRIBE  REGULATIONS REQUIRING THAT ALL PERSONS WHO APPLY, ON OR AFTER
    5  JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN, FOR A CERTIFICATE OR LICENSE TO BE
    6  A TEACHER SHALL, IN ADDITION TO ALL THE OTHER CERTIFICATION OR LICENSURE
    7  REQUIREMENTS, HAVE COMPLETED A CURRICULUM IN THE  SOCIAL  AND  EMOTIONAL
    8  DEVELOPMENT AND LEARNING OF CHILDREN.  SUCH CURRICULUM IN THE SOCIAL AND
    9  EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND LEARNING OF CHILDREN SHALL INCLUDE INSTRUCTION
   10  IN  THE  PROVISION  OF  COMPREHENSIVE,  COORDINATED SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL
   11  ASSESSMENTS, EARLY INTERVENTION  AND  TREATMENT  SERVICES  TO  CHILDREN.
   12  EACH  APPLICANT  SHALL PROVIDE THE DEPARTMENT WITH DOCUMENTATION SHOWING
   13  THAT HE OR SHE HAS COMPLETED THE REQUIRED  CURRICULUM,  WHICH  SHALL  BE
   14  CONSISTENT  WITH AND INCLUDE THE GUIDELINES ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVI-
   15  SION THIRTY-FIVE OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER, AS ADDED
   16  BY CHAPTER SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND SIX.   IN
   17  ADDITION, SUCH INSTRUCTION SHALL INCLUDE INSTRUCTION IN CREATING CARING,
   18  SAFE,  WELL-MANAGED  AND  PARTICIPATORY  CLASSROOMS;  CHILDREN'S HEALTH,
   19  SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL AND COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; AND TEACHING  AND  MODELING
   20  PURSUANT  TO  THE GUIDELINES ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION THIRTY-FIVE
   21  OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER, AS ADDED BY  CHAPTER  SIX
   22  HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND SIX.
   23    S  2.  This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
   24  the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, any
   25  rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this  act
   26  on  its effective date are authorized and directed to be completed on or
   27  before such date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD00129-01-1