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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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82
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
(PREFILED)
January 8, 2025
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Introduced by Sens. LIU, CLEARE, LANZA, RAMOS -- read twice and ordered
printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on New York
City Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the number and duties
of assistant principals to be assigned to the schools in the city
school district of the city of New York
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Legislative intent. To ensure the safety and security of
2 school communities, the appropriate supervision of staff and personnel,
3 and the proper management of school buildings, all schools must have
4 appropriate staffing, including administrators. To ensure the safety and
5 security of all students and school staff and personnel, the following
6 minimum staffing standards must be met.
7 § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 2590-i of the education law is amended
8 by adding three new paragraphs (d), (e) and (f) to read as follows:
9 (D) EACH SCHOOL SHALL HAVE APPOINTED A MINIMUM OF ONE ASSISTANT PRIN-
10 CIPAL. ALL ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS SHALL BE CERTIFIED AS SUCH.
11 (E) ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SAFE OPERATION
12 OF THE SCHOOL ON OCCASIONS WHEN THE PRINCIPAL IS NOT PRESENT.
13 (F) ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS MAY BE REQUIRED BY THE CHANCELLOR OR THE
14 SUPERINTENDENT TO PROVIDE OR PARTICIPATE IN TRAINING OR OTHER FORMS OF
15 STAFF DEVELOPMENT OR TO ADDRESS IDENTIFIED AREAS OF EDUCATIONAL NEED AND
16 PROMOTE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND SCHOOL PERFORMANCE.
17 § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
18 the date on which it shall have become a law; provided however that the
19 amendments to section 2590-i of the education law made by section two of
20 this act shall survive the expiration and reversion of such section as
21 provided in section 17 of chapter 345 of the laws of 2009, as amended.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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