New York A 8034: Relates to mandatory continuing education for teachers relating to immigrant focused trauma-informed practices

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A08034 Summary:

BILL NOA08034 

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SAME ASSAME AS S01025

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SPONSORRomero

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COSPNSRGonzalez-Rojas

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §3006-a, Ed L

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Requires continuing teacher and leader education to include courses, programs and activities related to immigrant focused trauma-informed practices to support students who are dealing with adverse childhood or adolescent experiences as a result of immigration status.

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BILL NOA08034 

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04/22/2025referred to higher education

01/07/2026referred to higher education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8034

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 22, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to mandatory continuing
 education for teachers relating to immigrant focused trauma-informed
 practices

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 3006-a of the education law, as
 2 added by section 2 of subpart C of part EE of chapter 56 of the laws of
 3 2015, is amended to read as follows:
 4 2. a. During each five-year registration period beginning on or after
 5 July first, two thousand sixteen, an applicant for registration shall
 6 successfully complete a minimum of one hundred hours of continuing
 7 teacher and leader education, as defined by the commissioner. The
 8 department shall issue rigorous standards for courses, programs, and
 9 activities, that shall qualify as continuing teacher and leader educa-
 10 tion pursuant to this section. For purposes of this section, a peer
 11 review teacher, or a principal acting as an independent trained evalu-
 12 ator, conducting a classroom observation as part of the teacher evalu-
 13 ation system pursuant to section three thousand twelve-d of this article
 14 may credit such time towards [his or her] their continuing teacher and
 15 leader effectiveness requirements.
 16 b. (i) Such continuing teacher and leader education required pursuant
 17 to this section shall include, but not be limited to, a minimum of ten
 18 hours of continuing education courses, programs and activities related
 19 to immigrant focused trauma-informed practices to support students who
 20 are dealing with adverse childhood or adolescent experiences as a result
 21 of immigration status. For purposes of this paragraph, "immigrant
 22 focused trauma-informed practices" means a focus on the impact of trauma
 23 related to immigration status and the effect such trauma has on physical
 24 health, mental health, early childhood or adolescent development and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02957-01-5

 A. 8034 2

 1 childhood or adolescent traumatic stress. The number of hours of contin-
 2 uing education required related to immigrant focused trauma-informed
 3 practices during each five-year registration period shall be determined
 4 by the department.
 5 (ii) The department shall ensure, in consultation with providers of
 6 continuing teacher and leader education, that courses, programs and
 7 activities related to immigrant focused trauma-informed practices are
 8 made sufficiently available for an applicant for registration to comply
 9 with the requirements of this paragraph.
 10 c. Nothing in this section shall limit the ability of local school
 11 districts to agree pursuant to collective bargaining to additional hours
 12 of professional development or continuing teacher or leader education
 13 above the minimum requirements set forth in this section.
 14 [c.] d. A certified individual who has not satisfied the continuing
 15 teacher and leader education requirements shall not be issued a five-
 16 year registration certificate by the department and shall not practice
 17 unless and until a registration or conditional registration certificate
 18 is issued as provided in subdivision three of this section. For purposes
 19 of this subdiv