Bill Text: NY A07103 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 7103 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of education to establish a mentor program whereby a school district may hire retired teachers to mentor inexperienced teachers in the classroom and in preparation for such classes; such mentors would not lose retirement benefits, but cannot increase such benefits by service as a mentor teacher.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to education [A07103 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A07103-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7103
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    April 12, 2011
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       Introduced  by M. of A. J. MILLER, BUTLER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
         A. BARCLAY, SAYWARD, TEDISCO -- read once and referred to the  Commit-
         tee on Education
       AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing a mentor
         program to assist new teachers
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 309-b
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S 309-B. TEACHER'S MENTOR PROGRAM. 1. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH
    4  A MENTOR PROGRAM WHEREBY A SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY EMPLOY A RETIRED  TEACHER
    5  TO  WORK  IN  THE  CLASSROOM  AND  IN  PREPARATION WITH A NEW TEACHER TO
    6  PROVIDE EXPERIENCE AND EXPEDITE DEVELOPMENT OF SUCH NEW TEACHER.
    7    2. THE MENTOR TEACHER MAY BE PAID AN AMOUNT TO BE  NEGOTIATED  BY  THE
    8  LOCAL  BOARD AND NOT DETERMINED BY OR LIMITED TO RESTRICTION OF PREVIOUS
    9  SALARY OR STEP, WHICH PAYMENT SHALL NOT DIMINISH THE PAYMENT OF  RETIRE-
   10  MENT   BENEFITS  TO  SUCH  MENTOR  TEACHER,  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER
   11  PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY.
   12    3. TIME SPENT AS A MENTOR TEACHER MAY NOT BE  INCLUDED  AS  CREDITABLE
   13  SERVICE TOWARD RETIREMENT OR TO INCREASE ANY RETIREMENT BENEFIT.
   14    4. NO PERSON MAY HOLD TENURE AS A MENTOR TEACHER OR BECOME ENTITLED TO
   15  TENURE AS A MENTOR TEACHER.
   16    5.  ANY SCHOOL BOARD MAY FOLLOW THE PROGRAM ESTABLISHED BY THE COMMIS-
   17  SIONER PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION,  BUT  SHALL  NOT  BE
   18  COMPELLED TO HAVE SUCH A PROGRAM.
   19    6.  THE  COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE NECESSARY RULES AND REGULATIONS
   20  TO CARRY OUT THE PROGRAM, AS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, IMME-
   21  DIATELY UPON THIS SECTION BECOMING A LAW.
   22    S 2. This act shall  take  effect  on  the  first  of  September  next
   23  succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD08211-01-1