New York A 2196: Creates city university of New York center for excellence in urban education to enhance the quality of teaching in public schools in N.Y. city

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A02196 Summary:

BILL NOA02196 

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SAME ASSAME AS S03770

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SPONSORCunningham

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COSPNSRAlvarez, Gibbs

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 125-C §6284, §677-b, amd §605, Ed L

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Creates city university of New York center for excellence in urban education to enhance the quality of teaching in public schools in NYC; establishes the regents public school teacher loan forgiveness program to allocate awards annually to teachers who agree to teach public school in an area of New York state designated by the board of regents as having a shortage of public school teachers.

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BILL NOA02196 

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01/15/2025referred to higher education

01/07/2026referred to higher education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2196

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 15, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. CUNNINGHAM, ALVAREZ, GIBBS -- read once and
 referred to the Committee on Higher Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to providing for the
 enhancement of the quality of teaching in the public schools in New
 York city

 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 article 125-C
 2 to read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 125-C
 4 CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
 5 CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE
 6 IN URBAN EDUCATION
 7 Section 6284. City university of New York center for excellence in urban
 8 education.
 9 § 6284. City university of New York center for excellence in urban
 10 education. 1. The legislature hereby finds and determines that there is
 11 a looming shortage of qualified teachers willing to consider teaching
 12 positions in urban schools. This shortage is evident in the state's five
 13 largest city school districts and has reached critical proportions in
 14 New York city.
 15 2. There is hereby established the city university of New York center
 16 for excellence in urban education. The center shall be located at a
 17 city university of New York college accredited by the national council
 18 for accreditation of teacher education.
 19 3. The center shall:
 20 a. Collaborate with teachers from the city's urban centers to develop
 21 and deliver programs to address the particular needs of urban education,
 22 including, but not limited to, dealing with severe classroom management
 23 problems; issues of conflict and racial sensitivities; understanding the
 24 central role schools play in community development; and coping with and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01961-01-5

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 1 compensating for a myriad of family and social issues that impact school
 2 performance.
 3 b. Partner with urban school districts to (i) ensure high quality
 4 clinical education for preservice teacher education students in urban
 5 locations; (ii) design and implement programs to recruit children into
 6 careers of teaching; (iii) increase the number of minority candidates in
 7 teacher preparation programs and increase productivity in teaching
 8 fields of critical need including, but not limited to, childhood educa-
 9 tion with emphasis in science, mathematics, and reading; early adoles-
 10 cence education with emphasis in integrated science-mathematics-technol-
 11 ogy; adolescent education in science and mathematics; special education;
 12 bilingual special education; and bilingual speech pathology; (iv)
 13 attract teacher education students to jobs in urban locations of crit-
 14 ical need; and (v) systematically renew both the school and collegiate
 15 environments through joint professional development and scholarly activ-
 16 ities.
 17 c. Provide special capstone programs for students from other
 18 colleges/universities in the state to recruit and qualify preservice
 19 educators for service in urban settings.
 20 § 2. Section 605 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 21 subdivision 13 to read as follows:
 22 13. Regents teacher loan forgiveness program. Regents teacher loan
 23 fo