Assembly Bill A6591

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires that instruction in public schools aligned to the Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education Framework

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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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2025-A6591 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2463
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §801-b, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S8924
2023-2024: S1402

2025-A6591 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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.

2025-A6591 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6591
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 6, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SEAWRIGHT  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend  the  education  law,  in  relation  to  requiring  that
   instruction  in  public  schools aligned to the Culturally Responsive-
   Sustaining Education Framework

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 801-b
 to read as follows:
   §  801-B.  INSTRUCTION  RELATED  TO  CULTURALLY  RESPONSIVE-SUSTAINING
 EDUCATION.  1. INSTRUCTION ALIGNED TO THE CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE-SUSTAIN-
 ING  EDUCATION  (CRSE)  FRAMEWORK  IS  REQUIRED FOR ALL PUPILS IN PUBLIC
 SCHOOLS IN ORDER TO AFFIRM CULTURAL IDENTITIES; FOSTER POSITIVE ACADEMIC
 OUTCOMES; DEVELOP STUDENTS' ABILITIES TO CONNECT ACROSS LINES OF DIFFER-
 ENCE; ELEVATE HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED VOICES; AND CONTRIBUTE TO  INDI-
 VIDUAL STUDENT ENGAGEMENT, LEARNING, GROWTH, AND ACHIEVEMENT THROUGH THE
 CULTIVATION OF CRITICAL THINKING.
   2.  SUBJECT  TO  ONGOING  APPROPRIATION, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL UPDATE
 LEARNING STANDARDS ON AN ONGOING BASIS AND PROVIDE TECHNICAL  ASSISTANCE
 AND  RESOURCES TO AID PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN PROVIDING SUCH INSTRUCTION WHICH
 SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED  TO:  THE  HISTORY  OF  DIVERSE  GROUPS
 ACROSS  RACE,  SOCIAL,  CLASS,  GENDER,  LANGUAGE,  SEXUAL  ORIENTATION,
 NATIONALITY, RELIGION AND ABILITY; THE HISTORY AND CIVIC IMPACT OF ASIAN
 AMERICAN, AMERICA'S INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, AFRICAN AMERICAN, MUSLIM  AMERI-
 CAN, HISPANIC, LATINX AND CARIBBEAN AMERICANS, AND THE HOLOCAUST.
   §  2. This act shall take effect on September 1, 2026. Effective imme-
 diately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation
 necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective  date  are
 authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01672-01-5

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