Bill Text: NY S01988 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the commissioner to convene statewide and regional conventions to bring together underrepresented educators annually to discuss experiences, best practices, and afford for networking, mentorship opportunities, and support.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-02-05 - referred to education [S01988 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S01988-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          1988

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 18, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sens.  JACKSON,  BROUK,  MAYER -- read twice and ordered
          printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Educa-
          tion

        AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to directing the commis-
          sioner of education to convene statewide and regional  conventions  to
          bring together underrepresented educators

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

     1    Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 115 to
     2  read as follows:
     3    § 115. Underrepresented educators convention. 1. For purposes of  this
     4  section, "underrepresented educators" shall mean teachers or administra-
     5  tors  who  currently  participate or previously participated in a school
     6  district or post-secondary partnership as part of a Grow Your Own initi-
     7  ative, My Brother's Keeper, teacher opportunity corps program,    higher
     8  education  opportunity  program,  education  opportunity program, or any
     9  other similar program or initiative.
    10    2. (a) The commissioner shall annually convene a statewide  convention
    11  to  bring  together  underrepresented  educators to discuss experiences,
    12  best practices, and afford for networking, mentorship opportunities, and
    13  support. Such convention shall occur at a time and  location  chosen  by
    14  the commissioner.
    15    (b)  The  commissioner  shall  also provide for at least five regional
    16  conventions annually to bring together underrepresented educators within
    17  each geographic region of the state to discuss experiences,  best  prac-
    18  tices, and afford for networking, mentorship opportunities, and support.
    19  Such  conventions  shall  occur  at  a  time  and location chosen by the
    20  commissioner.
    21    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05341-01-3