Meeting of the Board of Regents | July 2010

Report of

REGENTS COMMITTEE

ON Higher Education

to

The Board of Regents

July 19, 2010

Your Higher Education Committee held its scheduled meeting on July 19, 2010.  All members were present.

ACTION ITEMS:

Establishment of Graduate Level Clinically Rich Teacher Preparation Pilot Programs.  VOTED: That paragraph (5) of subdivision (a) of section 52.1 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education be added; that subparagraph (xvi) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of section 52.21 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education be amended; that paragraph (5) of subdivision (b) of section 52.21 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education be added and that section 80-5.13 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education be amended, effective July 29, 2010, as an emergency action upon a finding by the Board of Regents that such action is necessary to ensure that the proposed amendment remains continuously in effect until its adoption as a permanent rule.

VOTED:  That paragraph (5) of subdivision (a) of section 52.1 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education be added; that subparagraph (xvi) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of section 52.21 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education be amended; that paragraph (5) of subdivision (b) of section 52.21 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education be added and that section 80-5.13 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education be amended, effective August 11, 2010.

The April emergency adoption will expire on July 29, 2010.  If adopted at the July 2010 meeting as an emergency measure, the proposed amendment will become effective on July 29, 2010 and will be adopted as a permanent rule, effective August 11, 2010.

MOTION FOR ACTION BY FULL BOARD

Madam Chancellor and Colleagues:  Your Higher Education Committee recommends, and we move, that the Board of Regents act affirmatively upon each recommendation in the written report of the Committee’s deliberations at its meeting on July 19, 2010, copies of which have been distributed to each Regents.

MATTERS NOT REQUIRING BOARD ACTION

The Committee discussed information regarding how program completers performed on the New York State Teacher Certification Examinations from 2004-2009.

This concludes our report.

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                                                                                    Milton Cofield, Co-Chairperson

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                                                                                    Lester Young, Co-Chairperson