Bill Text: NY S04342 | 2019-2020 | 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: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S04342 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S04342-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4342 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 7, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BROOKS -- 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 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. LBD10261-03-9
