Int. No. 1367
By Council Member Mendez
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the department of education to report the names of the schools to which teachers placed in the Absent Teacher Reserve have been assigned
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new Chapter 11 to title 21-A to read as follows:
CHAPTER 11
abesent teacher reserve school assignment
§21-977 a. Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the term “absent teacher reserve (ATR)” means teachers whose jobs have been eliminated due to school closure, downsizing, or after disciplinary hearings and who remain available for teaching.
b. Every year on May 1, beginning with May 1, 2017, the department shall submit to the speaker of the council, post to its website and make available to students and parents, an annual report indicating the names of the schools to which teachers from the ATR have been assigned. Such report shall include, but not be limited to:
1. The name of the former school where the teacher was assigned;
2. The reason for placement in the ATR;
3. The length of time spent in the ATR; and
4. The name of the school to which the teacher was reassigned.
c. All information required by this section shall be aggregated citywide, as well as disaggregated by borough, council district, community school district, and school.
d. No information that is otherwise required to be reported pursuant to this section shall be reported in a manner that would violate any applicable provision of federal, state or local law or that would interfere with law enforcement investigations or otherwise conflict with the interests of law enforcement.
§2. This local law takes effect immediately.
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10/3/16