STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4858

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 23, 2023
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        Introduced   by   M.   of  A.  BARCLAY,  MANKTELOW,  MORINELLO,  BYRNES,
          J. M. GIGLIO, LEMONDES, BRABENEC -- Multi-Sponsored by  --  M.  of  A.
          K. BROWN -- 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. Effective immediately
     9  the regulations necessary for the implementation of  the  provisions  of
    10  this 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.
                                                                   LBD04911-01-3