Bill Text: NY A10742 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to requiring training for teachers and administrators in the area of childhood trauma after January 1, 2022.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-09 - referred to education [A10742 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A10742-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 10742 IN ASSEMBLY July 9, 2020 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Joyner) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring training for teachers and administrators in the area of childhood trauma The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 3004 of the education law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 4-a to read as follows: 3 4-a. In recognizing the effects of trauma on the child development, 4 the commissioner shall prescribe regulations requiring that all persons 5 applying on or after January first, two thousand twenty-two for a teach- 6 ing certificate or license as a special education teacher for the 7 purposes pursuant to article eighty-nine of this chapter shall, in addi- 8 tion to all the other certification or licensing requirements, have 9 completed enhanced course work or training in the area of trauma as it 10 relates to children and its impact on child development and learning. In 11 addition, such regulations shall require that enhanced training in the 12 needs of children who have experienced trauma be provided to each certi- 13 fied school administrator or supervisor assigned on or after January 14 first, two thousand twenty-two to serve as a school administrator 15 including a special education administrator. Such training shall be 16 provided prior to, or as soon as practicable following, assignment as a 17 school administrator or special education administrator. Individuals 18 serving as school administrators or special education administrators as 19 of January first, two thousand twenty-two shall complete such training 20 by such date. The enhanced course work or training shall be obtained 21 from an institution or provider which has been approved by the depart- 22 ment to provide such course work or training in the needs of those who 23 have experienced trauma, provided that enhanced training for certified 24 school administrators or supervisors that meets standards prescribed by 25 the commissioner may be included in the professional development 26 provided by the school district or board of cooperative educational 27 services to such administrators or supervisors. 28 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD16902-01-0
