New York A 10968: Requires training of teachers in dyslexia identification

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A10968 Summary:

BILL NOA10968 

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SAME ASSAME AS S10031

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SPONSORCarroll R

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COSPNSRWilliams, Rivera

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §3004, Ed L

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Requires training of teachers in dyslexia identification created by the center for dyslexia and dysgraphia.

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BILL NOA10968 

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04/14/2026referred to higher education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10968

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 14, 2026
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring training of
 teachers in dyslexia identification

 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. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the commissioner is
 4 authorized and directed to certify and require training of teachers in
 5 dyslexia identification. Such certification and training shall be
 6 required to receive or renew a certification to teach kindergarten
 7 through fifth grade. The commissioner shall prescribe the necessary
 8 regulations and establish such training related to the identification of
 9 children with dyslexia. Such training and training requirements shall be
 10 obtained from the center for dyslexia and dysgraphia established under
 11 section three hundred nineteen of this chapter, as added by chapter six
 12 hundred fifteen of the laws of two thousand twenty-five, and the center
 13 for dyslexia and dysgraphia shall include in such training and training
 14 requirements curricula standards, number of hours of training required,
 15 requirements for providers of the training, and requirements for demon-
 16 strating successful completion of the required training.
 17 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
 18 the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the
 19 addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
 20 for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized
 21 to be made and completed on or before such effective date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15403-02-6

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