Bill Text: NY S01376 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | 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: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S01376 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-S01376-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1376 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 11, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sens. BROOKS, GALLIVAN, JACKSON, KENNEDY, KRUEGER, SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher 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
