STATE OF NEW YORK
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9001--A
IN ASSEMBLY
February 1, 2024
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Introduced by M. of A. TAPIA, WILLIAMS, ALVAREZ -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Education -- committee discharged, bill
amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
tee
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring training for
teachers and administrators in the area of childhood trauma
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 3004 of the education law is amended by adding a
2 new subdivision 4-a to read as follows:
3 4-a. In recognizing the effects of trauma on child development, the
4 commissioner shall prescribe regulations requiring that all persons
5 applying on or after January first, two thousand twenty-five for a
6 teaching certificate or license, including but not limited to a certif-
7 icate or license valid for service as a classroom teacher, teaching
8 assistant, pupil personnel service professional, school administrator or
9 supervisor or superintendent of schools, shall, in addition to all the
10 other certification or licensing requirements, have completed enhanced
11 course work or training in the area of trauma as it relates to children
12 and its impact on child development and learning. In addition, such
13 regulations shall require that enhanced training in the needs of chil-
14 dren who have experienced trauma be provided to each certified school
15 administrator or supervisor assigned on or after January first, two
16 thousand twenty-five to serve as a school administrator including, but
17 not limited to, a special education administrator. Such training shall
18 be provided prior to, or as soon as practicable following, assignment as
19 a school administrator or special education administrator. Individuals
20 serving as school administrators or special education administrators as
21 of January first, two thousand twenty-five shall complete such training
22 by such date. The enhanced course work or training shall be obtained
23 from an institution or provider which has been approved by the depart-
24 ment to provide such course work or training in the needs of those who
25 have experienced trauma, provided that enhanced training for certified
26 school administrators or supervisors that meets standards prescribed by
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05125-03-4
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1 the commissioner may be included in the professional development
2 provided by the school district or board of cooperative educational
3 services to such administrators or supervisors.
4 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
