Bill Text: NY A05397 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Eliminates the waiver of qualification requirements for school superintendents in the school districts located in cities having a population of one million or more residents; limits the term of the chancellor's service; requires the selection of the chancellor to be made from a list submitted by the city board.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to education [A05397 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5397
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 25, 2013
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MILLMAN, JAFFEE, MILLER, MAISEL, DINOWITZ --
         Multi-Sponsored by -- M.   of A.  BRENNAN,  GLICK  --  read  once  and
         referred to the Committee on Education
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to eliminating the waiver
         of qualification requirements for school superintendents in the school
         districts located in cities having a population of one million or more
         residents
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 3003  of  the  education  law,  as
    2  amended  by  chapter  149  of  the  laws  of 1974, is amended to read as
    3  follows:
    4    3. [The] EXCEPT IN SCHOOL DISTRICTS LOCATED IN CITIES HAVING  A  POPU-
    5  LATION  OF  ONE  MILLION  OR  MORE  RESIDENTS,  THE commissioner, at the
    6  request of a board of education  or  board  of  cooperative  educational
    7  services,  may  provide for the issuance of a certificate as superinten-
    8  dent of schools to exceptionally qualified persons who do not  meet  all
    9  of  the  graduate  course or teaching requirements of subdivision one of
   10  this section, but whose exceptional  training  and  experience  are  the
   11  substantial equivalent of such requirements and qualify such persons for
   12  the duties of a superintendent of schools.
   13    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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