STATE OF NEW YORK
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5512--A
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 14, 2015
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Introduced by Sens. LAVALLE, CROCI -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
-- recommitted to the Committee on Higher Education in accordance with
Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
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] non-profit degree-granting college, as defined by
7 section two of this chapter, 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] non-profit degree-granting college, as defined by
16 section two of this chapter, 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
20 elementary or secondary education recognized by the board of regents or
21 the university of the state of New York, including charter schools
22 authorized pursuant to article fifty-six of this chapter; and (f)
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 complies with the applicable provisions of this article and all require-
2 ments promulgated by the corporation for the administration of the
3 program.
4 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
5 have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2016.
