New York Assembly Bill A02846 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2846 2023-2024 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 27, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PEOPLES-STOKES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring teachers employed by the Buffalo school district to reside within Buffalo city limits The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 3039 2 to read as follows: 3 § 3039. Residency of teachers employed by the Buffalo school district. 4 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, residency within the city 5 limits of Buffalo shall be a prerequisite for appointment to any teach- 6 ing position in the Buffalo school district. 7 2. The Buffalo school district shall require all applicants for a 8 teaching position to provide one form of proof of residency. Such form, 9 to be determined by the school district, may include, but is not limited 10 to, a driver's license, a department of motor vehicles non-driver iden- 11 tification card or other current and valid photo identification, a 12 current utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck or 13 other government document that shows the name and address of the appli- 14 cant. 15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01498-01-3