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S04007 Summary:

BILL NOS04007A
 
SAME ASSAME AS A08346
 
SPONSORMAYER
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §§2509, 2573, 3012 & 3014, Ed L
 
Relates to the probationary period for certain tenured employees in school districts; makes such probationary period last for 3 years rather than 4 years.
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S04007 Actions:

BILL NOS04007A
 
02/25/2019REFERRED TO EDUCATION
03/05/20191ST REPORT CAL.222
03/06/20192ND REPORT CAL.
03/07/2019ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
05/20/2019AMENDED ON THIRD READING 4007A
06/03/2019PASSED SENATE
06/03/2019DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
06/03/2019referred to education
06/20/2019substituted for a8346
06/20/2019ordered to third reading rules cal.535
06/20/2019passed assembly
06/20/2019returned to senate
10/01/2019DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
10/04/2019SIGNED CHAP.345
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S04007 Committee Votes:

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S04007 Floor Votes:

DATE:06/21/2019Assembly Vote  YEA/NAY: 143/1
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Abbate
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Crespo
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Gantt
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LiPetri
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Perry
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Simon
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Abinanti
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Crouch
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Garbarino
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Lupardo
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Pheffer Amato
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Simotas
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Arroyo
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Cruz
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Giglio
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Magnarelli
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Pichardo
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Smith
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Ashby
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Cusick
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Glick
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Malliotakis
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Pretlow
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Smullen
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Aubry
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Cymbrowitz
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Goodell
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Manktelow
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Quart
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Solages
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Barclay
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Davila
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Gottfried
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McDonald
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Ra
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Stec
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Barnwell
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De La Rosa
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Griffin
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McDonough
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Raia
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Steck
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Barrett
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DenDekker
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Gunther
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McMahon
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Ramos
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Stern
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Barron
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DeStefano
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Hawley
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Mikulin
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Raynor
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Stirpe
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Benedetto
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Dickens
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Hevesi
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Miller B
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Reilly
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Tague
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Bichotte
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Dilan
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Hunter
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Miller MG
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Reyes
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Taylor
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Blake
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Dinowitz
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Hyndman
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Miller ML
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Richardson
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Thiele
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Blankenbush
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DiPietro
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Jacobson
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Montesano
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Rivera
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Titus
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Brabenec
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D'Urso
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Jaffee
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Morinello
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Rodriguez
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Vanel
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Braunstein
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Eichenstein
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Jean-Pierre
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Mosley
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Romeo
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Walczyk
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Bronson
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Englebright
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Johns
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Niou
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Rosenthal D
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Walker
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Buchwald
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Epstein
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Jones
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Nolan
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Rosenthal L
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Wallace
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Burke
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Fahy
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Joyner
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Norris
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Rozic
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Walsh
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Buttenschon
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Fall
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Kim
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O'Donnell
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Ryan
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Weinstein
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Byrne
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Fernandez
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Kolb
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Ortiz
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Salka
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Weprin
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Byrnes
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Finch
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Lalor
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Otis
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Santabarbara
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Williams
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Cahill
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Fitzpatrick
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Lavine
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Palmesano
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Sayegh
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Woerner
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Carroll
Yes
Friend
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Lawrence
Yes
Palumbo
Yes
Schimminger
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Wright
Yes
Colton
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Frontus
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Paulin
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Schmitt
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Zebrowski
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Cook
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Galef
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Lifton
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Peoples-Stokes
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Seawright
Yes
Mr. Speaker

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S04007 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         4007--A
            Cal. No. 222
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    February 25, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  MAYER  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the  Committee  on  Education  --  reported
          favorably  from  said  committee,  ordered to first and second report,
          ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered  reprinted,  retaining
          its place in the order of third reading

        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the probationary peri-
          od for certain tenured employees in school districts
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Subparagraph ii  of  paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision  1  of
     2  section  2509 of the education law, as amended by section 1 of subpart D
     3  of part EE of chapter 56 of the laws of 2015,  is  amended  to  read  as
     4  follows:
     5    ii.  Notwithstanding  any  other provision of law or regulation to the
     6  contrary, administrators, directors,  supervisors,  principals  and  all
     7  other  members of the supervising staff, except associate, assistant and
     8  other superintendents, appointed on or after July  first,  two  thousand
     9  fifteen  and  authorized  by  section  twenty-five hundred three of this
    10  article, shall be appointed by the board of education, upon  the  recom-
    11  mendation  of the superintendent of schools for a probationary period of
    12  four years; provided, however, that in the case of a principal, adminis-
    13  trator, supervisor, or other member of the  supervising  staff  who  has
    14  been  appointed  on  tenure pursuant to this chapter as an administrator
    15  within an  authorized  administrative  tenure  area  in  another  school
    16  district within the state, the school district where currently employed,
    17  or  a  board  of  cooperative  educational  services,  and  who  was not
    18  dismissed from such district or board as a  result  of  charges  brought
    19  pursuant  to  subdivision  one  of  section  three  thousand twenty-a or
    20  section three thousand twenty-b of this chapter, the principal, adminis-
    21  trator, supervisor or other member of the  supervising  staff  shall  be
    22  appointed  for  a  probationary period of three years.  The service of a
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10116-02-9

        S. 4007--A                          2
 
     1  person appointed to any of such positions may  be  discontinued  at  any
     2  time  during the probationary period on the recommendation of the super-
     3  intendent of schools, by a majority vote of the board of education.
     4    § 2. Subparagraph ii of paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 2573
     5  of the education law, as amended by section 3 of subpart D of part EE of
     6  chapter 56 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
     7    ii.  Administrators,  directors, supervisors, principals and all other
     8  members of the supervising staff, except executive directors, associate,
     9  assistant,  district  and  community  superintendents   and   examiners,
    10  appointed on or after July first, two thousand fifteen and authorized by
    11  section  twenty-five  hundred  fifty-four  of  this  article,  shall  be
    12  appointed by the board of education,  upon  the  recommendation  of  the
    13  superintendent  or  chancellor  of schools, for a probationary period of
    14  four years provided that such probationary period  may  be  extended  in
    15  accordance  with  paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision  five of this section;
    16  provided, however, that in  the  case  of  a  principal,  administrator,
    17  supervisor,  or  other  member  of  the  supervising  staff who has been
    18  appointed on tenure pursuant to this chapter as an administrator  within
    19  an  authorized  administrative  tenure  area  in another school district
    20  within the state, the school district where  currently  employed,  or  a
    21  board  of  cooperative  educational  services, and who was not dismissed
    22  from such district or board as a result of charges brought  pursuant  to
    23  subdivision  one  of  section  three  thousand twenty-a or section three
    24  thousand twenty-b of this chapter, the principal, administrator,  super-
    25  visor  or other member of the supervising staff shall be appointed for a
    26  probationary period of three years.  The service of a  person  appointed
    27  to  any  of  such  positions  may be discontinued at any time during the
    28  probationary period on  the  recommendation  of  the  superintendent  of
    29  schools, by a majority vote of the board of education.
    30    § 3. Subparagraph ii of paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 3012
    31  of the education law, as amended by section 4 of subpart D of part EE of
    32  chapter 56 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
    33    ii.  Principals,  administrators, supervisors and all other members of
    34  the supervising staff  of  school  districts,  including  common  school
    35  districts  and/or  school districts employing fewer than eight teachers,
    36  other than city school districts, who are appointed  on  or  after  July
    37  first,  two  thousand fifteen, shall be appointed by the board of educa-
    38  tion, or the trustees of a common school district, upon the  recommenda-
    39  tion  of the superintendent of schools for a probationary period of four
    40  years; provided, however, that in the case of a  principal,  administra-
    41  tor,  supervisor,  or other member of the supervising staff who has been
    42  appointed on tenure pursuant to this chapter as an administrator  within
    43  an  authorized  administrative  tenure  area  in another school district
    44  within the state, the school district where  currently  employed,  or  a
    45  board  of  cooperative  educational  services, and who was not dismissed
    46  from such district or board as a result of charges brought  pursuant  to
    47  subdivision  one  of  section  three  thousand twenty-a or section three
    48  thousand twenty-b of this article, the principal, administrator,  super-
    49  visor  or other member of the supervising staff shall be appointed for a
    50  probationary period of three years.  The service of a  person  appointed
    51  to  any  of  such  positions  may be discontinued at any time during the
    52  probationary period on  the  recommendation  of  the  superintendent  of
    53  schools, by a majority vote of the board of education or the trustees of
    54  a common school district.

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     1    §  4.  Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 3014 of the education
     2  law, as added by section 5 of subpart D of part EE of chapter 56 of  the
     3  laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (b)  Administrative  assistants,  supervisors,  teachers and all other
     5  members of the teaching and supervising staff of the  board  of  cooper-
     6  ative  educational  services appointed on or after July first, two thou-
     7  sand fifteen, shall be appointed by a majority  vote  of  the  board  of
     8  cooperative educational services upon the recommendation of the district
     9  superintendent  of  schools  for  a probationary period of not to exceed
    10  four years; provided, however, that in the case of  a  teacher  who  has
    11  been  appointed  on  tenure  in  a school district within the state, the
    12  board of cooperative educational services where currently  employed,  or
    13  another  board  of  cooperative  educational  services,  and who was not
    14  dismissed from such district or board as a  result  of  charges  brought
    15  pursuant  to  section  three thousand twenty-a or section three thousand
    16  twenty-b of this article, the teacher shall be appointed  for  a  proba-
    17  tionary period of three years; provided that, in the case of a classroom
    18  teacher,  the  teacher  demonstrates that he or she received a composite
    19  annual professional performance review rating pursuant to section  three
    20  thousand  twelve-c  or three thousand twelve-d of this [chapter] article
    21  of either effective or highly effective in his  or  her  final  year  of
    22  service  in  such  other  school district or board of cooperative educa-
    23  tional services; and provided further that in the case of  a  principal,
    24  administrator,  supervisor, or other member of the supervising staff who
    25  has been appointed on tenure pursuant to this chapter as an  administra-
    26  tor  within  an  authorized administrative tenure area in another school
    27  district within the state, the school district where currently employed,
    28  or a  board  of  cooperative  educational  services,  and  who  was  not
    29  dismissed  from  such  district  or board as a result of charges brought
    30  pursuant to subdivision  one  of  section  three  thousand  twenty-a  or
    31  section three thousand twenty-b of this article, the principal, adminis-
    32  trator,  supervisor,  or  other member of the supervising staff shall be
    33  appointed for a probationary period of  three  years.    Services  of  a
    34  person  so  appointed  to  any  such  positions  to which this paragraph
    35  applies may be discontinued at any time during [such]  the  probationary
    36  period,  upon  the  recommendation  of the district superintendent, by a
    37  majority vote of the board of cooperative educational services.
    38    § 5. This act shall take effect June 1, 2020 and shall apply  only  to
    39  individuals beginning their probationary periods on or after such date.
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