New York A 8033: Relates to the notification of allowance for infant support

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A08033 Summary:

BILL NOA08033 

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SAME ASSAME AS S00881

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SPONSORRomero

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COSPNSRGonzalez-Rojas, Gallagher

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§6206 & 355, add §815-a, Ed L

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Requires the city university of New York and state university of New York have education programs for prospective teachers, administrators, and counselors for teaching immigrant-origin students that promotes diversity, equity and inclusion, and is multilingual.

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BILL NOA08033 

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04/22/2025referred to higher education

01/07/2026referred to higher education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8033

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 22, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ROMERO -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Higher Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring colleges and
 universities in the state to adopt a policy that requires students in
 programs for teaching, school administration, or counseling to have a
 curriculum that promotes diversity, equity and inclusion, and is
 multilingual for teaching immigrant-origin students

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

 1 Section 1. Section 6206 of the education law is amended by adding a
 2 new subdivision 24 to read as follows:
 3 24. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the
 4 board of trustees shall update course curriculum as necessary to require
 5 senior colleges and community colleges within the city university
 6 include, within all education programs for teachers, administrators and
 7 counselors, the topics of local, state and national immigration policy
 8 and immigrant integration and how to best educate immigrant-origin
 9 students with different status in ways that promote diversity, equity
 10 and inclusion, and are multilingual.
 11 As used in this subdivision:
 12 a. "diversity, equity and inclusion" includes, but is not limited to,
 13 cultural sensitivity, and awareness of conscious and unconscious biases;
 14 and
 15 b. "multilingual" means that the person speaks or understands a
 16 language other than English and possibly speaks or understands little or
 17 no English, and may require support in order to become proficient in
 18 English.
 19 § 2. Section 355 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 20 subdivision 2-b to read as follows:
 21 2-b. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the
 22 state university trustees shall update course curriculum as necessary to

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02954-01-5

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 1 require state universities or colleges to include, within all education
 2 programs for teachers, administrators and counselors, the topics of
 3 local, state and national immigration policy and immigrant integration
 4 and how to best educate immigrant-origin students with different status
 5 in ways that promote diversity, equity and inclusion, and are multilin-
 6 gual.
 7 As used in this subdivision:
 8 a. "diversity, equity and inclusion" includes, but is not limited to,
 9 cultural sensitivity, and awareness of conscious and unconscious biases;
 10 and
 11 b. "multilingual" means that the person speaks or understands a
 12 language other than English and possibly speaks or understands little or
 13 no English, and may require support in order to become proficient in
 14 English.
 15 § 3. The education law is amended by adding a new section 815-a to
 16 read as follows:
 17 § 815-a. Immigration and immigrant integration education. Notwith-
 18 standing any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the trustees or
 19 other governing board of each independent non-profit college which main-
 20 tains a campus or other property for educational purposes chartered by
 21 the regents or incorporated by special act of the legislature shall
 22 update course curriculum as necessary to require within all education
 23 programs for teachers, administrators and counselors, topics