Bill Text: NY A09750 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to the minimum cumulative grade point average admission requirement for graduate-level teacher and educational leader programs; removes the minimum 3.0 or higher requirement.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2020-12-15 - VETOED MEMO.75 [A09750 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A09750-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9750 IN ASSEMBLY February 10, 2020 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GLICK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the cumulative grade point average admission requirement for graduate-level teacher and educational leader programs The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 210-a of the education law, as amended by chapter 2 454 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows: 3 § 210-a. Admission requirements for graduate-level teacher and educa- 4 tional leader programs. Each institution registered by the department 5 with graduate-level teacher and leader education programs shall adopt 6 rigorous selection criteria geared to predicting a candidate's academic 7 success in its program, including but not limited to, a minimum score on 8 the graduate record examination or a substantially equivalent admission 9 examination, as determined by the institution, and achievement of a 10 minimum cumulative grade point average [of 3.0 or higher] in the candi- 11 date's undergraduate program; provided, however, such graduate record 12 examination or substantially equivalent admission examination require- 13 ment shall in no case apply to certified teachers or school administra- 14 tors who already hold a graduate degree. Each program may exempt no more 15 than fifteen percent of any incoming class of students from such 16 selection criteria set forth in this section based on a student's demon- 17 stration of potential to positively contribute to the teaching profes- 18 sion or other extenuating circumstances pursuant to the regulations of 19 the commissioner. A program shall report to the department the number of 20 students admitted pursuant to such exemption and the selection criteria 21 used for such exemptions. 22 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 23 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05033-02-0