Bill Text: NY S05474 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Prohibits waivers for nominees to the office of chancellor of the NYC school district.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S05474 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S05474-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          5474
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     March 30, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by Sens. MONTGOMERY, COMRIE -- read twice and ordered print-
          ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to New York  city  school
          district superintendent waivers by the commissioner of education
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 3003 of the education law is amended  by  adding  a
     2  new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
     3    6.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the commissioner shall
     4  not issue a waiver from the requirements  of  subdivision  one  of  this
     5  section  to  any  person  nominated  to exercise the powers described in
     6  section twenty-five hundred ninety-h of this chapter and who is known as
     7  the superintendent or chancellor of the New York city  school  district,
     8  nor shall the commissioner grant a school district leader certificate to
     9  an individual who fails to meet the requirements of such subdivision.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07250-02-7
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