Bill Text: NY S00082 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the number and duties of assistant principals to be assigned to the schools in the city school district of the city of New York.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-08 - REFERRED TO NEW YORK CITY EDUCATION [S00082 Detail]

Download: New_York-2025-S00082-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           82

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 8, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sens. LIU, CLEARE, LANZA, RAMOS -- read twice and ordered
          printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on New York
          City Education

        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the number and  duties
          of  assistant  principals  to  be  assigned to the schools in the city
          school district of the city of New York

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.   Legislative intent. To ensure the safety and security of
     2  school communities, the appropriate supervision of staff and  personnel,
     3  and  the  proper  management  of school buildings, all schools must have
     4  appropriate staffing, including administrators. To ensure the safety and
     5  security of all students and school staff and personnel,  the  following
     6  minimum staffing standards must be met.
     7    §  2.  Subdivision 2 of section 2590-i of the education law is amended
     8  by adding three new paragraphs (d), (e) and (f) to read as follows:
     9    (d) Each school shall have appointed a minimum of one assistant  prin-
    10  cipal. All assistant principals shall be certified as such.
    11    (e)  Assistant  principals shall be responsible for the safe operation
    12  of the school on occasions when the principal is not present.
    13    (f) Assistant principals may be required  by  the  chancellor  or  the
    14  superintendent  to  provide or participate in training or other forms of
    15  staff development or to address identified areas of educational need and
    16  promote student achievement and school performance.
    17    § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of July  next  succeeding
    18  the  date on which it shall have become a law; provided however that the
    19  amendments to section 2590-i of the education law made by section two of
    20  this act shall survive the expiration and reversion of such  section  as
    21  provided in section 17 of chapter 345 of the laws of 2009, as amended.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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