STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1936 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 14, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. WEBER, ASHBY, GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Educa- tion AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to reimbursement of certain examination fees The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 63 to read as follows: 3 63. The commissioner shall develop a program and provide for a system 4 whereby teachers may submit examination receipts for any New York state 5 teaching certifications earned after the first permanent teaching 6 certification and receive reimbursement by the department for such exam- 7 ination fees. Such examination receipts shall be submitted electron- 8 ically or in any other media form which the commissioner reasonably 9 determines offers the same degree of accountability and control provided 10 by paper testing receipts or paper certifications for the purpose of 11 reimbursement to the person, school, school district or municipality for 12 the fees of taking such examinations. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03423-01-5