New York A 10196: Establishes an educator development workforce for the purpose of contracting with EDHUBNY, a nonprofit organization, for support of New York's child serving and educator workforce; appropriation

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A10196 Summary:

BILL NOA10196B

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SAME ASSAME AS S09397-A

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SPONSORBronson

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COSPNSRColton, Lunsford, Weprin, Rosenthal, Clark, Sayegh, Tapia, Simon, Steck, Griffin, Meeks, Hevesi,
 Jensen

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MLTSPNSR

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Establishes an educator development workforce for the purpose of contracting with EDHUBNY, a nonprofit organization, for support of New York's child serving and educator workforce; authorizes the workforce to contract with EDHUBNY including performance measures, reporting requirements, and fiscal controls; authorizes collaboration with other state agencies; provides for an appropriation of $50 million.

Go to top A10196 Actions:

BILL NOA10196B

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02/12/2026referred to labor

02/17/2026amend (t) and recommit to labor

02/17/2026print number 10196a

03/17/2026amend and recommit to labor

03/17/2026print number 10196b

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10196--B

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 12, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. BRONSON, COLTON, LUNSFORD, WEPRIN, ROSENTHAL,
 CLARK, SAYEGH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor --
 committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
 recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said committee
 with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said
 committee

 AN ACT to establish an educator development workforce for the purpose of
 contracting with EDHUBNY, a nonprofit organization, for support of New
 York's child serving and educator workforce; and making an appropri-
 ation therefor

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

 1 Section 1. Definitions. For the purposes of this act, the following
 2 terms shall have the following meanings:
 3 1. "Educator development workforce" or "workforce" means the educator
 4 development workforce initiative established pursuant to section two of
 5 this act.
 6 2. "EDHUBNY" means NYS Educator Workforce Development HUB, also known
 7 as EDHUBNY, a nonprofit organization organized pursuant to section
 8 501(c)(3) of the federal Internal Revenue Code.
 9 § 2. Workforce established. 1. The commissioner of labor shall estab-
 10 lish an educator development workforce initiative to act as an interme-
 11 diary and provide technical assistance for education entities and child-
 12 care providers to engage in registered apprenticeships and additional
 13 child serving pathways, support, and retention strategies as necessary
 14 to ensure that New York's children, from birth through high school grad-
 15 uation, are supported by a stable, well-prepared child serving and
 16 educator workforce.
 17 2. The workforce shall collaborate with the department of education,
 18 the office of children and family services, and any other relevant state
 19 agencies to accomplish its purposes under this section.
 20 3. Eligible participants with the workforce shall include, but not be
 21 limited to, school districts, boards of cooperative educational
 22 services, teacher centers, institutions of higher education, early

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14758-03-6

 A. 10196--B 2

 1 childhood providers, education intermediaries, and workforce development
 2 organizations.
 3 § 3. Workforce contracting with EDHUBNY. 1. The workforce shall be
 4 authorized to contract with EDHUBNY for support of the purposes under
 5 subdivision two of this section, and the allocation of funds to EDHUBNY,
 6 appropriated therefor pursuant to section five of this act, for the
 7 purposes under subdivision three of this section. Such contracts shall
 8 include performance measures, including the number of participants
 9 served, reporting requirements, and fiscal controls consistent with
 10 state law. EDHUBNY shall be subject to audit by the state comptroller
 11 and shall maintain all financial and programmatic records for a minimum
 12 of 6 years.
 13 2. Contracts executed pursuant to subdivision one of this section may
 14 provide for:
 15 (a) Individual and group-sponso