STATE OF NEW YORK
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1552
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 13, 2015
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Introduced by Sen. LIBOUS -- 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 establishing residency
requirements for school district superintendents
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 1526-a
2 to read as follows:
3 § 1526-a. District superintendent; residency. Every school district
4 superintendent shall be a resident of the state. Provided, however,
5 that the residency requirement of this section may be waived for good
6 cause shown for a period of one year following a superintendent's
7 initial employment by the school district. Such waiver shall only be
8 granted upon application to and upon the written consent of the commis-
9 sioner. Provided, further, that every new and renewal contract for the
10 employment of a school superintendent shall include the provisions of
11 this section and a provision that the failure to comply with the
12 provisions of this section shall void such contract.
13 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
14 the date on which it shall have become a law and shall apply to school
15 district superintendents commencing employment or renewing their employ-
16 ment contracts on or after such date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06820-01-5
