Senate Bill S9196

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Directs the commissioner of education to conduct an audit regarding instruction in literacy instruction at institutions of higher education

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-S9196 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8924
Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education

2023-S9196 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the commissioner of education to conduct an audit regarding instruction in literacy instruction at institutions of higher education that offers a graduate or undergraduate degree or certification program in education or educational administration located within the state.

2023-S9196 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S9196 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9196
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 3, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT in relation to  authorizing  the  commissioner  of  education  to
   conduct  an audit regarding instruction in literacy instruction within
   the state
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "so all can
 read act".
   §  2.  The  commissioner  of  education  is authorized and directed to
 develop an auditing process that clearly documents the degree  to  which
 every educator preparation program at an institution of higher education
 is effectively teaching the science of reading by conducting an audit on
 literacy  instruction  at  every  institution  of  higher education that
 offers a graduate or undergraduate degree or  certification  program  in
 education  or  educational administration located within the state. Such
 audit shall include, as appropriate, questions on how such  institutions
 are  meeting the learning standards for instruction necessary for effec-
 tive literacy instruction within the current required literacy education
 curriculum.  All programs shall be reviewed every four years  thereafter
 to ensure continued alignment with the science of reading.
   § 3. For each postsecondary institution, audit questions shall:
   (a)  identify  which  undergraduate  and/or graduate degree or certif-
 ication program in education or educational administration  sufficiently
 covers instruction in core components, characterized as the five pillars
 of  reading  by  the  National  Reading Panel of the National Academy of
 Sciences in 2000, namely phonemic awareness, phonics,  reading  fluency,
 vocabulary,  and  comprehension,  and assess how fully and in-depth each
 such program covers instruction as to each core component or  pillar  of
 reading  in  substantial alignment with the reading foundation standards
 utilized by the National Council on Teacher Quality in its  2023  report
 on strengthening elementary reading instruction;
   (b)  assess the extent to which each such program covers the knowledge
 and  skills  needed  to  understand  and  convey  direct  and   explicit
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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