A 4149: Allows school districts to canvass from the five highest civil service examination ratings.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4149 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 31, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SAYEGH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to allowing school districts to canvass from the five highest civil service examination ratings The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 61 of the civil service law, as 2 added by chapter 790 of the laws of 1958, is amended to read as follows: 3 1. Appointment or promotion from eligible lists. Appointment or 4 promotion from an eligible list to a position in the competitive class 5 shall be made by the selection of one of the three persons certified by 6 the appropriate civil service commission as standing highest on such 7 eligible list who are willing to accept such appointment or promotion; 8 provided, however, that the state or a municipal commission may provide, 9 by rule, that where it is necessary to break ties among eligibles having 10 the same final examination ratings in order to determine their respec- 11 tive standings on the eligible list, appointment or promotion may be 12 made by the selection of any eligible whose final examination rating is 13 equal to or higher than the final examination rating of the third high- 14 est standing eligible willing to accept such appointment or promotion; 15 provided further, however, that a school district may provide, by rule, 16 that where it is necessary to break ties among eligibles having the same 17 final examination ratings in order to determine their respective stand- 18 ings on the eligible list, appointment or promotion may be made by the 19 selection of any eligible whose final examination rating is equal to or 20 higher than the final examination rating of the fifth highest standing 21 eligible willing to accept such appointment or promotion. Appointments 22 and promotions shall be made from the eligible list most nearly appro- 23 priate for the position to be filled. 24 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06608-01-5