STATE OF NEW YORK
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10112
IN ASSEMBLY
June 14, 2014
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Nolan) --
read once and referred to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to annual professional
performance review
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 3012-c of the education law is amended by adding a
2 new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
3 2-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section to the
4 contrary, for the two thousand thirteen--two thousand fourteen and two
5 thousand fourteen--two thousand fifteen school years, a classroom teach-
6 er's or building principal's (i) state assessments and other comparable
7 measures subcomponent score or (ii) locally selected measures of student
8 achievement subcomponent score shall not be considered when calculating
9 such teacher's or principal's composite effectiveness score if such
10 subcomponent score or scores were based in whole or in part on a state
11 administered standardized English language arts and/or math assessments
12 aligned to the common core learning standards adopted by the board of
13 regents; provided that in such cases, the composite effectiveness score
14 of such teacher or principal shall be calculated by dividing such teach-
15 er's or principal's subcomponent score or scores that are not excluded
16 by this subdivision by the maximum number of allowable points consistent
17 with this subdivision and multiplying such figure by one hundred.
18 § 2. The commissioner of education is hereby authorized and directed
19 to apply for and obtain any federal approvals or waivers he or she deems
20 necessary including, but not limited to, waivers to the Elementary and
21 Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended by the No Child Left Behind
22 Act of 2001.
23 § 3. The commissioner of education is authorized to and shall promul-
24 gate any and all rules and regulations and take any other measures
25 necessary to implement the provisions of this act.
26 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately, provided that if this act
27 shall have become a law after June 30, 2014 it shall take effect imme-
28 diately and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 after June 30, 2014; and provided further that section one of this act
2 shall expire and be deemed repealed if any necessary federal approvals
3 or waivers relating to section one and section two of this act have been
4 denied provided that the commissioner of education shall notify the
5 legislative bill drafting commission upon such occurrence in order that
6 the commission may maintain an accurate and timely effective data base
7 of the official text of the laws of the state of New York in furtherance
8 of effectuating the provisions of section 44 of the legislative law and
9 section 70-b of the public officers law.
