S05604 Summary:
| BILL NO | S05604 |
| SAME AS | SAME AS A05878 |
| SPONSOR | FERNANDEZ |
| COSPNSR | |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Amd §7704, Ed L | |
| Allows for reasonable accommodations for the examination portion of licensure requirements to become a social worker for individuals for whom English is not their primary language and a test in their primary language is not available. | |
S05604 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5604 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 25, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to allowing for reason- able accommodations for the examination portion of licensure require- ments to become a social worker for individuals for whom English is not their primary language The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 of section 7704 of the 2 education law, as added by chapter 420 of the laws of 2002, is amended 3 to read as follows: 4 (d) Examination: pass an examination satisfactory to the board and in 5 accordance with the commissioner's regulations. Any organization permit- 6 ted by the department to offer the licensing examination shall allow 7 reasonable accommodations for applicants for whom English is not their 8 primary language and a test in their primary language is not available; 9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08531-01-5