Bill Text: NY S02593 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Senate Bill 2593 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Provides that teachers, principals, and superintendents are no longer required to sign confidentiality agreements.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-12 - PRINT NUMBER 2593A [S02593 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S02593-Amended.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                         2593--A
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 13, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sens.  MARCELLINO, CARLUCCI, MARCHIONE -- read twice and
          ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
          Education  --  recommitted to the Committee on Education in accordance
          with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
          ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to confidentiality agree-
          ments with teachers
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 57 to read as follows:
     3    57. a. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, no
     4  teacher, principal, or superintendent shall be required to sign a confi-
     5  dentiality agreement with their respective  school  district,  board  of
     6  cooperative  educational  services, or the department that prevents such
     7  teacher, principal, or superintendent from discussing  the  contents  of
     8  any ELA and math assessments in grades 3 through 8.
     9    b.  The  commissioner  shall amend and/or modify any current confiden-
    10  tiality agreement to remove any provisions that prevent teachers,  prin-
    11  cipals,  or  superintendents from discussing the contents of any ELA and
    12  math assessments in grades 3 through 8.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06440-02-8