Bill Text: NY A07363 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | 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 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-06-09 - held for consideration in education [A07363 Detail]
Download: New_York-2009-A07363-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7363 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y March 31, 2009 ___________ 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