Bill Text: NY S08776 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to admission requirements for graduate-level teacher and educational leader programs.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-05-16 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S08776 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S08776-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8776 IN SENATE May 16, 2018 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to admission requirements for graduate-level teacher and educational leader programs The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 210-a of the education law, as amended by chapter 2 454 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows: 3 § 210-a. Admission requirements for graduate-level teacher and educa- 4 tional leader programs. Each institution registered by the department 5 with graduate-level teacher and leader education programs shall adopt 6 rigorous selection criteria geared to predicting a candidate's academic 7 success in its program, including but not limited to, a minimum score on 8 the graduate record examination or a substantially equivalent admission 9 examination, as determined by the institution, and achievement of a 10 cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher in the candidate's 11 undergraduate program or deemed qualified by teacher education and 12 educational leader faculty to satisfy alternative criteria, including, 13 but not limited to, the following: 3.0 grade point average in the major 14 or in the last two years of college or in a graduate degree program or 15 graduate-level courses taken before matriculation into a graduate 16 program; or, strength of letters of recommendations from qualified indi- 17 viduals, number of languages spoken, strength of a personal interview 18 and quality of a writing sample; provided, however, such graduate record 19 examination or substantially equivalent admission examination require- 20 ment shall in no case apply to certified teachers or school administra- 21 tors who already hold a graduate degree. Each program may exempt no more 22 than fifteen percent of any incoming class of students from such 23 selection criteria set forth in this section based on a student's demon- 24 stration of potential to positively contribute to the teaching profes- 25 sion or other extenuating circumstances pursuant to the regulations of 26 the commissioner. A program shall report to the department the number of 27 students admitted pursuant to such exemption and the selection criteria 28 used for such exemptions. 29 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD15968-01-8