Bill Text: NY A07363 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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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 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-06-09 - held for consideration in education [A07363 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A07363-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7363
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 31, 2009
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       Introduced by M. of A. MILLER, TOWNSEND, BUTLER -- Multi-Sponsored by --
         M.  of  A. SAYWARD, TEDISCO -- read once and referred to the Committee
         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.
                                                                  LBD09675-01-9