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NY S00519
Bill
Status
2/12/2025
Primary Sponsor
Roxanne Persaud
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AI Summary
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Establishes the "Underrepresented Teachers of Tomorrow" program providing competitive grants to school districts for recruiting and retaining certified teachers who participated in programs like My Brother's Keeper, Teacher Opportunity Corps, or "grow your own" initiatives
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Provides recruitment incentive awards of $10,000 annually to eligible teachers, renewable for up to 3 additional years, with a maximum total of $40,000 per recipient for reimbursing educational costs including student loans
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Requires award recipients to commit to one year of full-time service in an underrepresented school for each year of award, with repayment obligations if service requirements are not fulfilled
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Limits any single school district to receiving no more than 60% of total allocated funds and requires districts to maintain existing local funding efforts rather than supplanting them with state funds
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Mandates annual reporting by November 1st to the governor and legislature on grant amounts, uses, number of awards, and program effectiveness in recruiting and retaining underrepresented teachers
Legislative Description
Establishes the underrepresented teachers of tomorrow teacher recruitment and retention program to attract and retain underrepresented certified teachers in schools which have an underrepresentation of underrepresented certified teachers; provides for grants and procedures for applying for such grants and eligibility requirements for fund distribution.
Last Action
REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
1/28/2026