Assembly Bill A4659

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires the incorporation of structured, explicit, language-based multisensory approaches to literacy instruction for current and prospective teachers

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    • In Committee Senate
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    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-A4659 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6713
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §305, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A6450, S4342
2021-2022: A2217, S1376

2023-A4659 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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.

2023-A4659 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4659
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 21, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SIMON,  DeSTEFANO,  HEVESI, TAYLOR, WALSH --
   Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BRABENEC, CARROLL, CRUZ, HUNTER,  JEAN-
   PIERRE,  NORRIS,  RA,  RIVERA,  L. ROSENTHAL,  SAYEGH, STIRPE, THIELE,
   WILLIAMS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring the incorpo-
   ration of structured, explicit, language-based multisensory approaches
   to literacy instruction into at least three credits of the six credits
   of literacy courses currently required  for  prospective  teachers  in
   accredited college of education programs
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 57 to read as follows:
   57. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH AND ENFORCE RULES AND REGULATIONS
 REQUIRING EVERY INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION THAT OFFERS  A  GRADUATE
 OR  UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE OR CERTIFICATION PROGRAM IN EDUCATION OR EDUCA-
 TIONAL ADMINISTRATION LOCATED WITHIN THE STATE TO INCORPORATE AT LEAST A
 THREE-CREDIT COURSE DEVOTED TO THE  INSTRUCTIONAL  TECHNIQUES  NECESSARY
 FOR EFFECTIVE LITERACY INSTRUCTION. SUCH COURSE SHALL IMPART TO PROSPEC-
 TIVE  AND CURRENT TEACHERS LANGUAGE-BASED, EFFECTIVE METHODS OF TEACHING
 READING, WHICH  SHALL  INCLUDE  INSTRUCTION  IN  DELIVERING  STRUCTURED,
 SYSTEMATIC,  EXPLICIT,  EVIDENCE-BASED INSTRUCTION IN READING, INCLUDING
 BUT NOT LIMITED TO THOSE INCORPORATING  MULTISENSORY  INSTRUCTION,  ALSO
 KNOWN  AS  STRUCTURED  LITERACY,  WITHIN  THE  CURRENT REQUIRED LITERACY
 CURRICULUM.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02635-02-3

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