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A04492 Summary:

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Requires new teachers applying for certification or a license including childhood education teachers, early education teachers, special education teachers, or reading specialists to have completed training for evidence-based reading instruction.

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02/04/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4492

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 4, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. JENSEN -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring new teachers
 to have completed training for evidence-based reading instruction

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

 1 Section 1. Section 3004 of the education law is amended by adding a
 2 new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
 3 7. a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the commissioner
 4 shall prescribe regulations requiring that all persons applying, on or
 5 after January first, two thousand twenty-seven, for a certificate or
 6 license to be a childhood education teacher, early education teacher,
 7 special education teacher, or reading specialist shall, in addition to
 8 all other certification or licensure requirements, have completed two
 9 hours of coursework or training in evidence-based reading instruction.
 10 Such coursework shall include education on:
 11 i. language acquisition;
 12 ii. literacy development;
 13 iii. phonological processing;
 14 iv. phonics and word recognition development;
 15 v. spelling;
 16 vi. fluency and automaticity development;
 17 vii. vocabulary development;
 18 viii. text comprehension development;
 19 ix. assessment administration and interpretation;
 20 x. letter formation;
 21 xi. orthographic processing;
 22 xii. morphological awareness;
 23 xiii. structure of language;
 24 xiv. language based learning disabilities;
 25 xv. written expression; and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08283-01-5

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 1 xvi. interventions for struggling readers.
 2 b. The coursework or training shall be obtained from an institution or
 3 provider which has been approved by the department to provide such
 4 coursework or training. Each applicant shall provide the department with
 5 documentation showing that they have completed the required training.
 6 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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