Bill Text: NY A02217 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 2217 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to requiring the commissioner of education to establish and enforce rules and regulations to incorporate the structured multisensory approach into the already required literacy curriculum for all teachers.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-6)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to education [A02217 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A02217-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          2217

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 14, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. SIMON, DE LA ROSA, DeSTEFANO, HEVESI, TAYLOR,
          WALSH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of  A.  ASHBY,  BRABENEC,  CARROLL,
          CRUZ,  FERNANDEZ,  GRIFFIN,  HUNTER,  JEAN-PIERRE,  NORRIS, QUART, RA,
          J. 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 the  structured  multisensory  approach  into  all  required
          literacy courses for prospective teachers

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 57 to read as follows:
     3    57. The commissioner shall establish and enforce rules and regulations
     4  requiring every institution of higher education that offers  a  graduate
     5  or  undergraduate degree or certification program in education or educa-
     6  tional administration located within the state to incorporate  evidence-
     7  based,  effective  methods  of  teaching  reading,  which  shall include
     8  instruction in direct and explicit structured  multisensory  approaches,
     9  also  known as structured literacy, within the current required literacy
    10  curriculum.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    12  have become a law.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01127-01-1