New York S 4787: Establishes family literacy programs for economically disadvantaged families living in poverty areas or areas with low-performing public schools

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S04787 Summary:

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Requires the commissioner of education to make a report on the extent of all existing resources and best practices available for swimming instruction classes in public schools and establish a working group on swimming education.

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02/12/2025REFERRED TO EDUCATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4787

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 12, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- 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 reporting on swimming
 education in a public school; and providing for the repeal of such
 provisions upon the expiration thereof

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

 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 819 to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 819. Swimming education. (a) Within one year of the effective date
 4 of this section, the commissioner shall allocate monies from existing
 5 budgetary resources to inventory and report to the education committee
 6 of the legislature on the extent of all existing resources and best
 7 practices available for swimming instruction classes in public schools.
 8 (b) The commissioner shall establish a working group on swimming
 9 education which shall be composed of not more than fifteen individuals
 10 representing interested stakeholders, including:
 11 (i) the commissioner or their designee;
 12 (ii) physical education teachers who teach at any grade level from
 13 kindergarten through twelve;
 14 (iii) school administrators who work at an elementary school, middle
 15 school or high school;
 16 (iv) members of school board associations;
 17 (v) individuals who represent not-for-profit recreational and fitness
 18 organizations across the state;
 19 (vi) individuals who represent public park and recreation departments
 20 across the state; and
 21 (vii) any other stakeholder the commissioner deems necessary, includ-
 22 ing but not limited to, community members who are underserved and
 23 disproportionately impacted by the current distribution of swimming
 24 resources in their public school districts.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00597-01-5

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 1 (c) Eighteen months after the effective date of this section, the
 2 working group on swimming education shall submit a report to the educa-
 3 tion committee, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of
 4 the assembly, of such working group's findings and recommendations
 5 regarding resources, personnel and any other costs needed to make swim-
 6 ming instruction available in all public schools for children of all
 7 ages. Such report shall consider the commissioner's report pursuant to
 8 subdivision (a) of this section.
 9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
 10 deemed repealed six months after the working group on swimming education
 11 reports its findings and recommendations to the legislature pursuant to
 12 subdivision (c) of section 817 of the education law as added by section
 13 one of this act; provided that the commissioner of education shall noti-
 14 fy the legislative bill drafting commission upon the submission of the
 15 report required in subdivision (c) of section 817 of the education law
 16 as added by section one of this act in order that the commission may
 17 maintain an accurate and timely effective data base of the official text
 18 of the laws of the state of New York in furtherance of effectuating the
 19 provisions of section 44 of the legislative law and section 70-b of the
 20 public officers law.

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