S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7001 I N S E N A T E April 11, 2014 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education AN ACT in relation to candidates for certificates in the classroom teaching service THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. 1. No candidate for a certificate in the classroom teaching 2 service shall be required to have achieved satisfactory levels of 3 performance on the edTPA portion of the New York State teacher certif- 4 icate examinations until July 1, 2015. 5 2. For candidates that have not received an initial certificate in the 6 classroom teaching service by April 30, 2014, the state education 7 department shall require that such candidate achieve satisfactory levels 8 of performance on the elementary and secondary assessment of teaching 9 skills-written test; academic literary skills test; educating all 10 students test; and the content specialty test. Provided that the 11 requirements of this subdivision shall not apply after July 1, 2015. 12 3. Any candidate for a certificate in the classroom teaching service 13 that has achieved a satisfactory level of performance on the edTPA shall 14 be deemed to have met the requirements of the elementary and secondary 15 assessment of teaching skills-written test pursuant to subdivision two 16 of this section. 17 4. The state education department is authorized and required to take 18 all necessary actions to expeditiously establish new test dates for the 19 elementary and secondary assessment of teaching skills-written test. 20 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to 21 have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2014. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14591-04-4