STATE OF NEW YORK
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3827
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 29, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. PEOPLES-STOKES -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring teachers
employed by the Buffalo school district to reside within Buffalo city
limits
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 3036
2 to read as follows:
3 § 3036. Residency of teachers employed by the Buffalo school district.
4 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, residency within the city
5 limits of Buffalo shall be a prerequisite for appointment to any teach-
6 ing position in the Buffalo school district.
7 2. The Buffalo school district shall require all applicants for a
8 teaching position to provide one form of proof of residency. Such form,
9 to be determined by the school district, may include, but is not limited
10 to, a driver's license, a department of motor vehicles non-driver iden-
11 tification card or other current and valid photo identification, a
12 current utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck or
13 other government document that shows the name and address of the appli-
14 cant.
15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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