Bill Text: NY A09182 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to creating the commission on exceptional standards for New York State and creating a new teacher and principal evaluation system.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 22-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-05-25 - held for consideration in education [A09182 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A09182-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 2, 2016
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  RA,  CURRAN,  DUPREY, STEC, RAIA, LUPINACCI,
          MONTESANO, PALMESANO, CROUCH,  HAWLEY,  DiPIETRO,  McDONOUGH,  MURRAY,
          BRABENEC,  WALTER,  McKEVITT, GARBARINO, GRAF -- Multi-Sponsored by --
          M. of A.   BARCLAY,  GIGLIO,  McLAUGHLIN,  THIELE  --  read  once  and
          referred  to  the Committee on Education -- committee discharged, bill
          amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
          tee
        AN  ACT  to amend the education law, in relation to creating the commis-
          sion on exceptional standards for New York state and a new teacher and
          principal evaluation system; and repealing certain provisions of  such
          law relating thereto
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 3012-d of the education law is REPEALED and  a  new
     2  section 3012-d is added to read as follows:
     3    §  3012-d.  Teacher  and principal evaluation system. 1.  The board of
     4  regents shall establish a new annual teacher  and  principal  evaluation
     5  system.
     6    2. The new evaluation system shall be established with requisite input
     7  from education experts, school administrators, parents, and teachers.
     8    3.  The  new evaluation system shall be presented to the commissioner,
     9  legislature, and governor as a report by no later than  January  thirty-
    10  first, two thousand eighteen.
    11    4.  The  report on the new evaluation system shall be designed so that
    12  it may be introduced for implementation during the  two  thousand  nine-
    13  teen-two thousand twenty school year.
    14    5.  The  new evaluation system shall be promulgated and implemented by
    15  the commissioner's office.
    16    6. The new evaluation system  shall  include  multiple  tried-and-true
    17  methods of measurements for determining individual success.
    18    §  2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 115 to read
    19  as follows:
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    § 115. Commission on exceptional standards for New  York  state.    1.
     2  Definitions.  a.  "Commission"  shall mean the commission on exceptional
     3  standards for New York state.
     4    b.  "Common  core  curriculum"  shall mean any curriculum developed in
     5  furtherance of the common  core  academic  standards  developed  by  the
     6  national governors association center for best practices and the council
     7  of  chief state school officers, including those designed by any commer-
     8  cial entity pursuant to a contract with the New York state department of
     9  education.
    10    c. "Common core  state  test"  shall  mean  any  state  or  consortium
    11  created,  developed  or  administered  test  given  in New York state to
    12  students  in  grades  pre-kindergarten  through  twelve  that  tests   a
    13  student's knowledge and skills relating to the common core curriculum.
    14    2.  Commission  on exceptional standards for New York state. a.  There
    15  is hereby created the commission on exceptional standards for  New  York
    16  state,  which  shall  consist  of the following twenty-three members who
    17  shall be appointed no less than thirty days after the effective date  of
    18  this section:
    19    (1) five members shall be appointed by the governor, one of whom shall
    20  be the commissioner;
    21    (2)  two  members shall be appointed by the temporary president of the
    22  senate;
    23    (3) two members shall be appointed by the speaker of the assembly;
    24    (4) two members shall be appointed  by  the  minority  leader  of  the
    25  senate;
    26    (5)  two  members  shall  be  appointed  by the minority leader of the
    27  assembly;
    28    (6) three members shall be appointed by  the  president  of  New  York
    29  state  united  teachers,  one  of whom must have completed their special
    30  education certification and one of  whom  must  provide  instruction  to
    31  English as a second language students;
    32    (7)  one  member  shall  be appointed by the executive director of the
    33  school administrators association of New York state;
    34    (8) two members shall be appointed by the president of  the  New  York
    35  state  parent  teacher  association,  one  of whom must be a parent of a
    36  student with a current individual education plan;
    37    (9) one member shall be appointed by the executive director of the New
    38  York state council of school superintendents;
    39    (10) one member shall be appointed by the president of  the  New  York
    40  state school boards association;
    41    (11)  one  member  shall be appointed by the president of the New York
    42  state association of independent schools; and
    43    (12) one member shall be appointed by the president of  the  New  York
    44  state  association of school psychologists. Such member shall have expe-
    45  rience in a clinical setting.
    46    b. No member of the commission shall be disqualified from holding  any
    47  public office or employment, nor shall he or she forfeit any such office
    48  or  employment  by  virtue  of  his  or her appointment pursuant to this
    49  section. Members of the commission shall  receive  no  compensation  for
    50  their  service, but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses
    51  incurred in the performance of their functions pursuant to this section.
    52  A member of the commission may be removed by  the  appointing  authority
    53  only for good cause, after notice and opportunity to be heard. Vacancies
    54  shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments.
    55    3.  Powers  and duties of the commission. a. The commission shall hold
    56  at least one public hearing in each of the following regions:
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     1    (1) Long Island;
     2    (2) New York city;
     3    (3) Hudson valley;
     4    (4) Capital district;
     5    (5) North country;
     6    (6) Central New York;
     7    (7) Finger lakes;
     8    (8) Western New York; and
     9    (9) Southern tier.
    10    b. During the public hearings, the commission shall hear the testimony
    11  of  voluntary  witnesses,  may compel the testimony of witnesses and may
    12  require the production of any documents the commission deems  reasonably
    13  necessary to carry out its responsibilities.
    14    c. The commission shall have the power to:
    15    (1) appoint a chairperson by a majority vote;
    16    (2)  call  upon  any  agency,  department,  office, division or public
    17  authority, or school district of this  state  to  supply  it  with  such
    18  information   and  assistance  as  the  commission  deems  necessary  to
    19  discharge its responsibilities. Each agency, department,  office,  divi-
    20  sion  or  school district of this state shall cooperate with the commis-
    21  sion and furnish such information  and  assistance  as  it  requests  to
    22  accomplish its purposes;
    23    (3)  appoint  a  counsel  and such other staff as the commission deems
    24  reasonably necessary to carry out its responsibilities;
    25    (4) contract with any state or private entity  for  the  provision  of
    26  such  services  as the commission determines to be reasonably necessary;
    27  and
    28    (5) take other actions not inconsistent  with  the  purposes  of  this
    29  section as shall enable the commission to carry out its function.
    30    d.  Meetings  of  the commission shall be subject to the open meetings
    31  law established by article seven of the public officers law.
    32    e. After review, study, and receipt of public comment, the  commission
    33  shall  issue  a  report  and  promulgate recommendations on a new set of
    34  state-wide educational standards for this state.  Recommendations  shall
    35  include, but shall not be limited to, development of a new set of state-
    36  wide  educational  standards  targeted  specifically towards students of
    37  this state.
    38    f. Recommendations issued by the commission shall be  contained  in  a
    39  report  to  the  governor and legislature. The report shall be issued no
    40  later than January thirty-first, two thousand seventeen.
    41    4. Suspension of common core testing. Notwithstanding any provision of
    42  law to the contrary, the department of  education  shall  be  prohibited
    43  from  requiring  any  school  or school district in the state to issue a
    44  common core state test as defined by subdivision one of this section.
    45    5. Suspension of common core curriculum. Notwithstanding any provision
    46  of law to the contrary, the department of education shall be  prohibited
    47  from requiring any school or school district in the state to implement a
    48  common core curriculum as defined by subdivision one of this section.
    49    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.