New York A 5990: Adopts the interstate teacher mobility compact

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A05990 Summary:

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Adopts the interstate teacher mobility compact to facilitate the mobility of teachers across member states, with the goal of supporting teachers through new pathways to licensure; establishes a regulatory framework to expedite and enhance the ability of teachers to move across state lines.

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02/25/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5990

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 25, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to adopting the inter-
 state teacher mobility compact

 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 25 to
 2 read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 25
 4 INTERSTATE TEACHER MOBILITY COMPACT
 5 Section 1300. Interstate teacher mobility compact.
 6 § 1300. Interstate teacher mobility compact. 1. The interstate teacher
 7 mobility compact is hereby entered into and enacted into law with all
 8 jurisdictions legally joining therein, in the form substantially as
 9 follows:
 10 ARTICLE I- PURPOSE
 11 The purpose of this Compact is to facilitate the mobility of Teachers
 12 across the Member States, with the goal of supporting Teachers through a
 13 new pathway to licensure. Through this Compact, the Member States seek
 14 to establish a collective regulatory framework that expedites and
 15 enhances the ability of Teachers to move across State lines.
 16 This Compact is intended to achieve the following objectives and
 17 should be interpreted accordingly. The Member States hereby ratify the
 18 same intentions by subscribing hereto.
 19 A. Create a streamlined pathway to licensure mobility for Teachers;
 20 B. Support the relocation of Eligible Military Spouses;
 21 C. Facilitate and enhance the exchange of licensure, investigative,
 22 and disciplinary information between the Member States;
 23 D. Enhance the power of State and district level education officials
 24 to hire qualified, competent Teachers by removing barriers to the
 25 employment of out-of-state Teachers;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09030-01-5

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 1 E. Support the retention of Teachers in the profession by removing
 2 barriers to relicensure in a new State; and
 3 F. Maintain State sovereignty in the regulation of the teaching
 4 profession.
 5 ARTICLE II- DEFINITIONS
 6 As used in this Compact, and except as otherwise provided, the follow-
 7 ing definitions shall govern the terms herein:
 8 A. "Active Military Member" means any person with full-time duty
 9 status in the armed forces of the United States, including members of
 10 the National Guard and Reserve.
 11 B. "Adverse Action" means any limitation or restriction imposed by a
 12 Member State's Licensing Authority, such as revocation, suspension,
 13 reprimand, probation, or limitation on the licensee's ability to work as
 14 a Teacher.
 15 C. "Bylaws" means those bylaws established by the Commission.
 16 D. "Career and Technical Education License" means a current, valid
 17 authorization issued by a Member State's Licensing Authority allowing an
 18 individual to serve as a Teacher in P-12 public educational settings in
 19 a specific career and technical education area.
 20 E. "Charter Member States" means a Member State that has enacted
 21 legislation to adopt this Compact where such legislation predates the
 22 initial meeting of the Commission after the effective date of the
 23 Compact.
 24 F. "Commission" means the interstate administrative body which member-
 25 ship consists of delegates of all States that have enacted this Compact,
 26 and which is known as the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact Commis-
 27 s