New York A 4149: Allows school districts to canvass from the five highest civil service examination ratings

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A04149 Summary:

BILL NOA04149 

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SPONSORSayegh

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Allows school districts to canvass from the five highest civil service examination ratings.

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BILL NOA04149 

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01/31/2025referred to governmental employees

01/07/2026referred to governmental employees

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4149

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 31, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SAYEGH -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Governmental Employees

 AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to allowing school
 districts to canvass from the five highest civil service examination
 ratings

 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 61 of the civil service law, as
 2 added by chapter 790 of the laws of 1958, is amended to read as follows:
 3 1. Appointment or promotion from eligible lists. Appointment or
 4 promotion from an eligible list to a position in the competitive class
 5 shall be made by the selection of one of the three persons certified by
 6 the appropriate civil service commission as standing highest on such
 7 eligible list who are willing to accept such appointment or promotion;
 8 provided, however, that the state or a municipal commission may provide,
 9 by rule, that where it is necessary to break ties among eligibles having
 10 the same final examination ratings in order to determine their respec-
 11 tive standings on the eligible list, appointment or promotion may be
 12 made by the selection of any eligible whose final examination rating is
 13 equal to or higher than the final examination rating of the third high-
 14 est standing eligible willing to accept such appointment or promotion;
 15 provided further, however, that a school district may provide, by rule,
 16 that where it is necessary to break ties among eligibles having the same
 17 final examination ratings in order to determine their respective stand-
 18 ings on the eligible list, appointment or promotion may be made by the
 19 selection of any eligible whose final examination rating is equal to or
 20 higher than the final examination rating of the fifth highest standing
 21 eligible willing to accept such appointment or promotion. Appointments
 22 and promotions shall be made from the eligible list most nearly appro-
 23 priate for the position to be filled.
 24 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06608-01-5

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