Requires new teachers applying for certification or a license including childhood education teachers, early education teachers, special education teachers, or reading specialists to have completed training for evidence-based reading instruction.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4492
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 new teachers
to have completed training for evidence-based reading instruction
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
4 shall prescribe regulations requiring that all persons applying, on or
5 after January first, two thousand twenty-seven, for a certificate or
6 license to be a childhood education teacher, early education teacher,
7 special education teacher, or reading specialist shall, in addition to
8 all other certification or licensure requirements, have completed two
9 hours of coursework or training in evidence-based reading instruction.
10 Such coursework shall include education on:
11 i. language acquisition;
12 ii. literacy development;
13 iii. phonological processing;
14 iv. phonics and word recognition development;
15 v. spelling;
16 vi. fluency and automaticity development;
17 vii. vocabulary development;
18 viii. text comprehension development;
19 ix. assessment administration and interpretation;
20 x. letter formation;
21 xi. orthographic processing;
22 xii. morphological awareness;
23 xiii. structure of language;
24 xiv. language based learning disabilities;
25 xv. written expression; and
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 xvi. interventions for struggling readers.
2 b. The coursework or training shall be obtained from an institution or
3 provider which has been approved by the department to provide such
4 coursework or training. Each applicant shall provide the department with
5 documentation showing that they have completed the required training.
6 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
