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