Bill Text: NY S05514 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of education to develop a program and provide for a system whereby teachers may submit examination receipts for any New York state teaching certifications earned after the first permanent teaching certification for reimbursement by the department of education for any additional certifications.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S05514 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S05514-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5514

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      March 6, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  WEBER  -- 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  reimbursement  of
          certain examination fees

          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 60 to read as follows:
     3    60. The commissioner shall develop a program and provide for a  system
     4  whereby  teachers may submit examination receipts for any New York state
     5  teaching  certifications  earned  after  the  first  permanent  teaching
     6  certification and receive reimbursement by the department for such exam-
     7  ination  fees.  Such  examination  receipts shall be submitted electron-
     8  ically or in any other media  form  which  the  commissioner  reasonably
     9  determines offers the same degree of accountability and control provided
    10  by  paper  testing  receipts  or paper certifications for the purpose of
    11  reimbursement to the person, school, school district or municipality for
    12  the fees of taking such examinations.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07454-02-3