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NY A06591

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/6/2025

Primary Sponsor

Rebecca Seawright

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Origin

Assembly

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Mandates instruction aligned to the Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education (CRSE) Framework for all public school students to affirm cultural identities, foster positive academic outcomes, and develop critical thinking skills

  • Requires the Commissioner of Education to update learning standards on an ongoing basis and provide technical assistance and resources to schools, subject to appropriation

  • Required instruction must include history of diverse groups across race, social class, gender, language, sexual orientation, nationality, religion, and ability

  • Specifically mandates teaching the history and civic impact of Asian American, Indigenous, African American, Muslim American, Hispanic, Latinx, Caribbean American communities, and the Holocaust

  • Takes effect September 1, 2026, with immediate authorization for the Department of Education to develop necessary rules and regulations

Legislative Description

Requires instruction in public schools aligned to the Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education Framework; requires the commissioner of education to update learning standards on an ongoing basis and provide technical assistance and resources to aid public schools in providing such instruction.

Last Action

referred to education

1/7/2026

Committee Referrals

Education3/6/2025

Full Bill Text

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