New York A 10827: Relates to the Emergency Housing Stability and Displacement Prevention Act

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A10827 Summary:

BILL NOA10827 

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Prohibits charter schools from employing teachers who are uncertified or do not meet the same teaching certification requirements as public school teachers.

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04/01/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 10827

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 1, 2026
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 Introduced by M. of A. BURROUGHS -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting charter
 schools from employing teachers who are uncertified or do not meet the
 same teaching certification requirements as public school teachers

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a-1) of subdivision 3 of section 2854 of the
 2 education law, as amended by section 1 of subpart A of part B of chapter
 3 20 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
 4 (a-1) The board of trustees of a charter school shall employ and
 5 contract with necessary teachers, administrators and other school
 6 personnel. Such teachers shall be certified in accordance with the
 7 requirements applicable to other public schools[; provided, however,
 8 that a charter school may employ as teachers (i) uncertified teachers
 9 with at least three years of elementary, middle or secondary classroom
 10 teaching experience; (ii) tenured or tenure track college faculty; (iii)
 11 individuals with two years of satisfactory experience through the Teach
 12 for America program; and (iv) individuals who possess exceptional busi-
 13 ness, professional, artistic, athletic, or military experience,
 14 provided, however, that such teachers described in clauses (i), (ii),
 15 (iii), and (iv) of this paragraph shall not in total comprise more than
 16 the sum of: (A) thirty per centum of the teaching staff of a charter
 17 school, or five teachers, whichever is less; plus (B) five teachers of
 18 mathematics, science, computer science, technology, or career and tech-
 19 nical education; plus (C) five additional teachers. A teacher certified
 20 or otherwise approved by the commissioner shall not be included in the
 21 numerical limits established by the preceding sentence].
 22 § 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2028. Effective immediately,
 23 the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation neces-
 24 sary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are
 25 authorized to be made and completed on or before such date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15247-02-6

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