New York A 78: Relates to early literacy education

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A00078 Summary:

BILL NOA00078A

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SAME ASSAME AS S09747

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SPONSORCarroll R

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COSPNSREpstein, Shimsky, Gallagher, Seawright, Anderson, Raga, Hevesi, Simon, Cunningham, Woerner, Brown
 K, Davila, McMahon, Weprin, Meeks, Taylor, Rosenthal, Lunsford, Gonzalez-Rojas, Zaccaro, Smullen,
 Jensen, Levenberg, Bronson, Tapia, Dinowitz, Septimo, Reyes, Walker, Schiavoni, Chludzinski,
 Buttenschon, Steck, Clark, Molitor, Manktelow, DeStefano, Hyndman, Simone, Williams, Rivera

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §819, amd §3004, Ed L

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Requires school districts to provide instructional programming and services in reading and literacy which are evidence based and aligned with state standards; requires teachers in grades pre-K through five to attend professional development courses in reading education.

Go to top A00078 Actions:

BILL NOA00078A

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01/08/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

05/05/2026amend and recommit to education

05/05/2026print number 78a

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 78--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. R. CARROLL, SHIMSKY, GALLAGHER, SEAWRIGHT, ANDER-
 SON, RAGA, HEVESI, SIMON, CUNNINGHAM, WOERNER, K. BROWN, DAVILA, McMA-
 HON, WEPRIN, MEEKS, TAYLOR, ROSENTHAL, LUNSFORD, GONZALEZ-ROJAS,
 ZACCARO, SMULLEN, JENSEN, LEVENBERG, BRONSON, TAPIA, DINOWITZ, SEPTI-
 MO, REYES, WALKER, SCHIAVONI, CHLUDZINSKI, BUTTENSCHON, STECK, CLARK,
 MOLITOR, MANKTELOW, DeSTEFANO, HYNDMAN, SIMONE -- read once and
 referred to the Committee on Education -- recommitted to the Committee
 on Education in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to early literacy educa-
 tion

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "right to read act".
 3 § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 819 to read
 4 as follows:
 5 § 819. Early literacy education. 1. For purposes of this section, the
 6 following terms shall have the following meanings:
 7 (a) "Evidence-based" means the instruction or item described is based
 8 on rigorous, reliable, trustworthy and valid scientific evidence and has
 9 demonstrated a record of success in addressing students' reading compe-
 10 tency in the areas of phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary develop-
 11 ment, reading fluency and comprehension, including background knowledge
 12 oral language and writing.
 13 (b) "Phonemic awareness" means the ability to notice, think about and
 14 manipulate individual sounds in spoken syllables and words.
 15 (c) "Vocabulary development" means the process of acquiring new words.
 16 "Vocabulary development" includes improving all areas of communication,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00258-02-6

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 1 including listening, speaking, reading and writing which is directly
 2 related to school achievement and is a strong predictor for reading
 3 success.
 4 (d) "Reading fluency" means the ability to read words, phrases and
 5 sentences accurately, at an appropriate speed, and with expression.
 6 (e) "Reading comprehension" means a function of word recognition
 7 skills and language comprehension skills and shall include having suffi-
 8 cient background information and vocabulary in order for the reader to
 9 understand the words in front of them. "Reading comprehension" also
 10 includes the active process that requires intentional thinking during
 11 which meaning is constructed through interactions between the text and
 12 reader. Comprehension skills are taught explicitly by demonstrating,
 13 explaining, modeling and implementing specific cognitive strategies to
 14 help beginning readers derive meaning through intentional, problem-solv-
 15 ing thinking processes.
 16 (f) "Three-cue