New York A 9365: Defines academic excellence relating to the New York state masters-in-education teacher incentive scholarship program

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A09365 Summary:

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Defines academic excellence relating to the New York state masters-in-education teacher incentive scholarship program as having a grade point average of three and one half or more on a four point scale.

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12/19/2025referred to higher education

01/07/2026referred to higher education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9365

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 December 19, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. JENSEN -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Higher Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to defining academic
 excellence relating 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 amended by chapter 516 of the laws of 2025, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 1. Eligibility. Students who are matriculated in an approved master's
 5 degree in education program at a New York state college, as defined in
 6 subdivision two of section six hundred one of this title, leading to a
 7 career as a teacher in public elementary or secondary education shall be
 8 eligible for an award under this section, provided the applicant: (a)
 9 earned an undergraduate degree from a college located in New York state;
 10 (b) was a New York state resident while earning such undergraduate
 11 degree; (c) achieved [academic excellence] a cumulative grade point
 12 average of three and a half or higher on a four point scale as an under-
 13 graduate student[, as defined by the corporation in regulation] or in
 14 their first semester in an approved master's degree in education program
 15 at a New York state public institution of higher education; (d) enrolls
 16 or is enrolled in full-time study in an approved master's degree in
 17 education program at a New York state college, as defined in subdivision
 18 two of section six hundred one of this title, leading to a career as a
 19 teacher in public elementary or secondary education; (e) signs a
 20 contract with the corporation agreeing to teach in a classroom setting
 21 on a full-time basis for five years in a school located within New York
 22 state providing public elementary or secondary education recognized by
 23 the board of regents or the university of the state of New York, includ-
 24 ing charter schools authorized pursuant to article fifty-six of this

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03273-02-5

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 1 chapter; and (f) complies with the applicable provisions of this article
 2 and all requirements promulgated by the corporation for the adminis-
 3 tration of the program.
 4 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
 5 the date upon which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately,
 6 the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation neces-
 7 sary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are
 8 authorized to be made and completed on or before such date.

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