---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to annual professional performance reviews and tenure"
description: "Relates to annual professional performance reviews and tenure; makes an exception for individuals who did not receive an annual performance review rating during the 2019-2020, 2020-2021 and the 2021-2022 school years; allows for them to receive tenure if the individual would have been qualified if they had received such performance review."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 8276"
citation: "New York S 8276 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MAYER"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-02-08"
last_action: "2022-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67f7fb3b-f366-4518-b3fc-7d413bc67cd7"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S8276"
source_hash: "41d2dd923d4582e3a92d76acf35927851f660f8dbd757a722822c771b2b0ad72"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York S 8276 (2021-2022) — Relates to annual professional performance reviews and tenure

Relates to annual professional performance reviews and tenure; makes an exception for individuals who did not receive an annual performance review rating during the 2019-2020, 2020-2021 and the 2021-2022 school years; allows for them to receive tenure if the individual would have been qualified if they had received such performance review.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S8276** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8276&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S8276A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S8276A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Education Vote — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **146–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- MAYER — primary (person)
- BROUK — cosponsor (person)
- GAUGHRAN — cosponsor (person)
- KENNEDY — cosponsor (person)
- MANNION — cosponsor (person)
- MARTUCCI — cosponsor (person)
- SKOUFIS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-02-08** REFERRED TO EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-15** 1ST REPORT CAL.509
- **2022-02-16** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2022-02-17** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2022-03-28** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 8276A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-31** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-03-31** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-03-31** REFERRED TO EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9600
- **2022-05-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.572
- **2022-05-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-05-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-05-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-13** SIGNED CHAP.201 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/67f7fb3b-f366-4518-b3fc-7d413bc67cd7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).