Notwithstanding the requirements of this
subdivision, participation in professional development outside the regular school day or regularly scheduled
working days of the school year shall be volitional for teachers, unless otherwise agreed upon as a term or condition of employment pursuant to collective bargaining
under article 14 of the Civil Service Law.
The final rule defines correctional institution as any penal or correctional facility, jail, reformatory, detention center,
work farm, halfway house, or residential community program center operated by, or
under contract to, the United States, Start Printed Page 82489a state, a territory, a political
subdivision of a state or territory, or an Indian tribe, for the confinement or rehabilitation of persons charged with or convicted of a criminal offense or other persons held in lawful custody.