New York A 4291: Requires certain teachers who provide literacy instruction obtain a literacy endorsement

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A04291 Summary:

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Requires certain teachers who provide literacy instruction obtain a literacy endorsement.

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02/04/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4291

 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 certain
 teachers who provide literacy instruction obtain a literacy endorse-
 ment

 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 is
 4 authorized and directed to prescribe regulations establishing a literacy
 5 endorsement as a requirement for all certified teachers who provide
 6 literacy instruction to students in kindergarten through grade five.
 7 Such regulations shall require that teachers receiving certification on
 8 and after January first, two thousand twenty-seven who provide literacy
 9 instruction to students in kindergarten through grade five obtain a
 10 literacy endorsement within three years of receiving certification. For
 11 teachers receiving certification before January first, two thousand
 12 twenty-seven, the regulations shall require such teachers receive a
 13 literacy endorsement on or before January first, two thousand thirty.
 14 The literacy endorsement shall require teachers to complete evidence-
 15 based science of reading training and other coursework as determined by
 16 the commissioner and to pass a literacy instruction assessment demon-
 17 strating that the teacher is capable of:
 18 (i) effectively teaching foundational reading skills, phonemic aware-
 19 ness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension;
 20 (ii) implementing reading instruction using high-quality instructional
 21 materials; and
 22 (iii) providing effective instruction and interventions for students
 23 with reading deficiencies, including students with characteristics of
 24 dyslexia.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08284-01-5

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 1 (b) The commissioner shall require that on and after January first,
 2 two thousand twenty-six, all approved educator preparation programs in
 3 childhood education and early childhood education include courses neces-
 4 sary to obtain a literacy endorsement pursuant to paragraph (a) of this
 5 subdivision.
 6 (c) The commissioner shall establish a means by which a school
 7 district, at the request of a teacher, may receive an exemption to the
 8 literacy endorsement for that teacher based on classroom observations
 9 and student achievement data demonstrating the knowledge of literacy
 10 instruction prescribed in paragraph (a) of this subdivision.
 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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