STATE OF NEW YORK
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1950
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 11, 2017
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Introduced by Sen. LATIMER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring school
districts to submit documentation demonstrating that the district has
implemented standards and procedures for conducting annual performance
reviews of teachers and principals
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 11 of section 3012-d of the education law, as
2 added by section 2 of subpart E of part EE of chapter 56 of the laws of
3 2015, is amended to read as follows:
4 11. [Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, no] Every
5 school district shall [be eligible for an apportionment of general
6 support for public schools from the funds appropriated for the
7 2015--2016 school year and any year thereafter in excess of the amount
8 apportioned to such school district in the respective base year unless
9 such school district has submitted documentation that has been] submit
10 documentation to be approved by the commissioner by November fifteenth,
11 two thousand [fifteen] eighteen, or by September first of each subse-
12 quent year, demonstrating that it has fully implemented the standards
13 and procedures for conducting annual teacher and principal evaluations
14 of teachers and principals in accordance with the requirements of this
15 section and the regulations issued by the commissioner. [Provided
16 further that any apportionment withheld pursuant to this section shall
17 not occur prior to April first of the current year and shall not have
18 any effect on the base year calculation for use in the subsequent school
19 year. For purposes of this section, "base year" shall mean the base year
20 as defined in paragraph b of subdivision one of section thirty-six
21 hundred two of this chapter, and "current year" shall mean the current
22 year as defined in paragraph a of subdivision one of section thirty-six
23 hundred two of this chapter.]
24 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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