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NY A04659
Bill
Status
2/21/2023
Primary Sponsor
Jo Simon
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AI Summary
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Requires the commissioner of education to establish rules mandating all higher education institutions in New York offering graduate or undergraduate education or educational administration degrees include at least a three-credit literacy instruction course.
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Mandates the literacy course teach structured, systematic, explicit, evidence-based reading instruction methods including multisensory instruction (structured literacy) to prospective and current teachers.
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Integrates the required three-credit course within institutions' existing literacy curriculum requirements.
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Takes effect 180 days after the bill becomes law.
Legislative Description
Requires the commissioner of education to establish and enforce rules and regulations to incorporate at least a three credit course devoted to the instructional techniques necessary for effective literacy instruction which shall include delivering structured, systematic, explicit, evidence-based instruction in reading, including but not limited to those incorporating multisensory instruction for current and prospective teachers.
Last Action
referred to higher education
1/3/2024