NY State Senate Bill 2025-S1072

Senate Bill S1072

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Directs the commissioner of education to require public schools to report on compliance with art education instruction requirements

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee

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- 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-S1072 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Add §819, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S5878
2011-2012: S3802
2013-2014: S1029
2015-2016: S708
2017-2018: S3087
2019-2020: S179
2021-2022: S1354
2023-2024: S260

2025-S1072 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the state education commissioner to require public school districts to report on compliance with art education instruction requirements.

2025-S1072 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S1072

SPONSOR: SERRANO
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the education law, in relation to directing the commis-
sioner of education to require public school districts to report on
compliance with art education instruction requirements

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF THE BILL:

Directs the commissioner of education to conduct an audit and report on
statewide compliance with state instructional regulations for arts
education.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

The commissioner of the State Education Department is required to
conduct a statewide audit of compliance for art, instruction.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

According to Part 100 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Educa-
tion, students are to receive instruction designed to facilitate the
attainment of the state elementary learning standards in the arts,
including dance, music, theater, and visual arts. The instructional
requirements track the percentage of weekly school time allocated to the
arts at the elementary level, units of study at the intermediate and
commencement levels, and availability of three or five-unit sequences in
the arts at the commencement level.  Furthermore, it is recommended that
instruction be provided by a licensed arts teacher.

As there is no comprehensive accounting of arts instruction provided by
the state's public schools, it is not clear if schools and districts are
in compliance with the state regulations. In New York City, where
reporting on arts education offerings began after the 2005-2007 school
year, provided by the New York City Department of Education for the
2007-2008 school year revealed that only 8% of elementary schools were
in a position to provide the minimum that is required by the State of
New York by offering all four art forms in each grade. Additionally,
less than half of New York City middle schools are ensuring that all
students are completing the state requirements. This bill is an impor-
tant step towards ensuring that the arts are a significant part of our
youth is learning experience.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2023-2024: S260 - Passed he Senae. Delivered to Assembly

2021-2022:  S.1354 - Passed the Senate. Delivered to Assembly.

2020: S.179a - Amended and recommitted to Education

2019: S.179 - Passed Senate

2017-2018: S3087- Passed Senate. Delivered to Assembly.

2015-2016: S703A-Amended and recommitted to Education

2013-2014: S.1029A-Referred to Education

2011-2012: S.3602-Referred to Education

2009-2010: S.5878-Referred to Rules

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2025-S1072 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1072
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. SERRANO, ADDABBO, BAILEY, JACKSON, KRUEGER, PARKER,
   ROLISON, STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when  printed
   to be committed to the Committee on Education
 
 AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to directing the commis-
   sioner of education to require public school districts  to  report  on
   compliance with art education instruction requirements
 
   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 819 to
 read as follows:
   § 819. COMPLIANCE WITH ART EDUCATION INSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS.  1. THE
 COMMISSIONER SHALL CREATE A PROCEDURE IN WHICH SCHOOL  DISTRICT  COMPLI-
 ANCE  WITH ART EDUCATION INSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS AS REQUIRED BY LAW AND
 REGULATION IN ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY GRADES IN ALL PUBLIC  SCHOOLS  IS
 REPORTED  TO  THE  DEPARTMENT  BY EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT. EACH SUCH REPORT
 SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION  FOR  EACH
 SCHOOL DISTRICT:
   A. HOW MANY AND WHICH SCHOOLS DO NOT HAVE ART EDUCATION INSTRUCTION AS
 REQUIRED BY LAW AND REGULATION;
   B. THE REASON OR REASONS WHY THE SCHOOLS IN PARAGRAPH A OF THIS SUBDI-
 VISION  ARE  NOT  IN  COMPLIANCE WITH ART EDUCATION INSTRUCTION REQUIRE-
 MENTS;
   C. THE MAXIMUM NUMBER  OF  STUDENTS  WHO  CAN  RECEIVE  ART  EDUCATION
 INSTRUCTION  AT  EACH SCHOOL AND HOW MANY STUDENTS CURRENTLY RECEIVE ART
 EDUCATION INSTRUCTION AT EACH SCHOOL;
   D. HOW MANY AND WHICH SCHOOLS DO NOT  EMPLOY  A  TEACHER  OR  TEACHERS
 CERTIFIED IN ART EDUCATION FOR ART EDUCATION INSTRUCTION;
   E.  HOW  MANY  AND WHICH SCHOOLS DO NOT PROVIDE THE CLASS TIME FOR ART
 EDUCATION INSTRUCTION AS REQUIRED BY LAW AND REGULATION AND  THE  REASON
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00466-01-5

 S. 1072                             2
 
 OR  REASONS  WHY  THE  SCHOOLS  DO NOT PROVIDE APPROPRIATE TIME FOR SUCH
 INSTRUCTION; AND
   F. HOW MANY AND WHICH SCHOOLS ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH ART EDUCATION
 INSTRUCTION  REQUIREMENTS  ESTABLISHED  IN  LAW AND REGULATION OR ARE IN
 VIOLATION OF ANY ART EDUCATION-RELATED LAW OR REGULATION.
   2. EACH SUPERINTENDENT OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT WHICH  CONTAINS  AT  LEAST
 ONE  SCHOOL  WHICH  IS  NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH ART EDUCATION INSTRUCTION
 REQUIREMENTS ESTABLISHED IN LAW AND REGULATION SHALL:
   A. PREPARE A CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN TO BE REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE
 BOARD OF EDUCATION AT A PUBLIC MEETING; AND
   B. TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE, BEGIN IMPLEMENTATION OF SUCH  CORRECTIVE
 ACTION PLAN THE FOLLOWING SCHOOL YEAR.
   3. A LIST OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT FAIL TO COMPLY WITH THE REPORT-
 ING  REQUIREMENTS  IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE POSTED ON
 THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE.
   4. ON OR BEFORE JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX,  AND  EVERY  YEAR
 THEREAFTER, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY
 PRESIDENT  OF THE SENATE, THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, AND THE CHAIRS OF
 THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES ON EDUCATION THE COMMISSIONER'S FIND-
 INGS BASED ON THE INFORMATION REPORTED PURSUANT TO  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF
 THIS  SECTION,  INCLUDING  AN  ANALYSIS AND EXPLANATION OF THE DATA, AND
 SHALL IDENTIFY STEPS THAT CAN BE TAKEN TO ENSURE THAT ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS
 ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH ART EDUCATION INSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS IN ELEMEN-
 TARY AND SECONDARY GRADES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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