NY S01192

Establishes the Underrepresented Teachers of Tomorrow teacher recruitment and retention program to provide grants to school districts for recruiting and retaining underrepresented certified teachers in schools with teacher shortages.

Defines underrepresented certified teachers as those who hold permanent or professional state teaching certificates and participated in school district/post-secondary partnership programs such as "grow your own" initiatives, My Brother's Keeper, Teacher Opportunity Corps, or higher education opportunity programs.

Provides initial annual recruitment incentive awards of $10,000 to eligible teachers, renewable for up to three additional years at $10,000 each, with a maximum aggregate award of $40,000, contingent on one year of service per year of award in an underrepresented school.

Requires school districts to maintain local funding levels for teacher recruitment and retention programs and prohibits more than 60% of allocated funds going to any single school district.

Mandates the commissioner report annually by November 1st to the governor and legislature on grant amounts distributed, fund usage, number of awards granted, and program effectiveness in recruiting and retaining underrepresented certified teachers.