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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         2482--C
            Cal. No. 299
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    January 13, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by Sens. LAVALLE, CROCI, GALLIVAN, HELMING, LATIMER, RANZEN-
          HOFER -- read twice and  ordered  printed,  and  when  printed  to  be
          committed  to  the Committee on Higher Education -- reported favorably
          from said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to  a
          third  reading,  amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in
          the order of third reading -- again  amended  and  ordered  reprinted,
          retaining its place in the order of third reading -- again amended and
          ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the education law, in relation to the New York state
          masters-in-education teacher incentive scholarship program
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of section 669-f of the education law, as
     2  added by section 1 of subpart A of part EE of chapter 56 of the laws  of
     3  2015, is amended to read as follows:
     4    1.  Eligibility. Students who are matriculated in an approved master's
     5  degree in education program at a New York state [public  institution  of
     6  higher  education] college, as defined in subdivision two of section six
     7  hundred one of this title, leading to a career as a  teacher  in  public
     8  elementary  or  secondary education shall be eligible for an award under
     9  this section, provided the applicant: (a) earned an undergraduate degree
    10  from a college located in New York state; (b) was a New York state resi-
    11  dent while earning such  undergraduate  degree;  (c)  achieved  academic
    12  excellence as an undergraduate student, as defined by the corporation in
    13  regulation;  (d)  enrolls  in  full-time  study  in an approved master's
    14  degree in education program at a New York state [public  institution  of
    15  higher  education] college, as defined in subdivision two of section six
    16  hundred one of this title, leading to a career as a  teacher  in  public
    17  elementary  or secondary education; (e) signs a contract with the corpo-
    18  ration agreeing to teach in a classroom setting on a full-time basis for
    19  five years in a school located within New York  state  providing  public
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02665-07-7
        S. 2482--C                          2
 
     1  elementary  or secondary education recognized by the board of regents or
     2  the university of the state  of  New  York,  including  charter  schools
     3  authorized  pursuant  to  article  fifty-six  of  this  chapter; and (f)
     4  complies with the applicable provisions of this article and all require-
     5  ments  promulgated  by  the  corporation  for  the administration of the
     6  program.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.