Assembly Bill A2897A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to early literacy education

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  • Introduced
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    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-A2897 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5480
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §818, Ed L

2023-A2897 - Summary

Requires school districts to provide instructional programming and services in reading and literacy which are evidence based and aligned with state standards; requires teachers in grades pre-K through five to attend professional development courses in reading education.

2023-A2897 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2897
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 1, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. CARROLL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to early literacy  educa-
   tion
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the  "right  to
 read act".
   §  2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 817 to read
 as follows:
   § 817. EARLY LITERACY EDUCATION. 1. EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL PROVIDE
 STUDENTS IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH FIFTH GRADE  PROGRAMMING  AND  SERVICES
 NECESSARY  TO  ENSURE  TO THE GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE THAT STUDENTS, AS
 THEY PROGRESS THROUGH KINDERGARTEN, FIRST, SECOND,  THIRD,  FOURTH,  AND
 FIFTH  GRADES  DEVELOP  THE  NECESSARY  READING SKILLS TO ENABLE THEM TO
 MASTER THE ACADEMIC STANDARDS AND EXPECTATIONS APPLICABLE TO  THE  SIXTH
 GRADE  CURRICULUM AND BEYOND. THE INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMMING AND SERVICES
 FOR TEACHING STUDENTS TO READ MUST BE EVIDENCE-BASED  AND  SCIENTIFICAL-
 LY-BASED  AND  MUST FOCUS ON READING COMPETENCY IN THE AREAS OF PHONEMIC
 AWARENESS, PHONICS, VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT, READING  FLUENCY,  INCLUDING
 ORAL SKILLS, AND READING COMPREHENSION.
   2.  EVERY  SCHOOL  DISTRICT SHALL ENSURE THAT EACH TEACHER EMPLOYED TO
 TEACH KINDERGARTEN, FIRST,  SECOND,  THIRD,  FOURTH,  AND  FIFTH  GRADES
 SUCCESSFULLY  COMPLETES  OR  HAS  SUCCESSFULLY  COMPLETED FIFTY HOURS OF
 EVIDENCE-BASED OR SCIENTIFICALLY-BASED TRAINING IN  READING  INSTRUCTION
 IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  SUBDIVISION  FIVE  OF  THIS  SECTION.  EACH SCHOOL
 DISTRICT SHALL SUBMIT DOCUMENTATION  TO  THE  DEPARTMENT  THAT  TEACHERS
 SUBJECT  TO  THIS SECTION HAVE COMPLETED THE REQUIRED TRAINING HOURS AND
 HAVE PASSED AN ASSESSMENT AS DESIGNED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
   3. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL  DEVELOP  A  LIST  OF  APPROVED  INSTRUCTIONAL
 PROGRAMMING AND SUPPORTING MATERIALS, INCLUDING SOFTWARE, IN READING AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01977-02-3
              

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2023-A2897A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5480
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §818, Ed L

2023-A2897A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires school districts to provide instructional programming and services in reading and literacy which are evidence based and aligned with state standards; requires teachers in grades pre-K through five to attend professional development courses in reading education.

2023-A2897A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  2897--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 1, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. CARROLL, EPSTEIN, SHIMSKY, McDONALD, GALLAGHER,
   SEAWRIGHT,  JEAN-PIERRE,  THIELE,  ANDERSON,  RAGA,   HEVESI,   SIMON,
   CUNNINGHAM, WOERNER, K. BROWN, DAVILA, ARDILA, McMAHON, WEPRIN -- read
   once   and  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Education  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to early literacy  educa-
   tion
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the  "right  to
 read act".
   §  2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 818 to read
 as follows:
   § 818. EARLY LITERACY EDUCATION.  1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE
 FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A) "EVIDENCE-BASED" MEANS THE INSTRUCTION OR ITEM DESCRIBED IS  BASED
 ON RIGOROUS, RELIABLE, TRUSTWORTHY AND VALID SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE AND HAS
 DEMONSTRATED  A RECORD OF SUCCESS IN ADDRESSING STUDENTS' READING COMPE-
 TENCY IN THE AREAS OF PHONEMIC AWARENESS, PHONICS,  VOCABULARY  DEVELOP-
 MENT,  READING FLUENCY AND COMPREHENSION, INCLUDING BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE
 ORAL LANGUAGE AND WRITING.
   (B) "PHONEMIC AWARENESS" MEANS THE ABILITY TO NOTICE, THINK ABOUT  AND
 MANIPULATE INDIVIDUAL SOUNDS IN SPOKEN SYLLABLES AND WORDS.
   (C) "VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT" MEANS THE PROCESS OF ACQUIRING NEW WORDS.
 "VOCABULARY  DEVELOPMENT" INCLUDES IMPROVING ALL AREAS OF COMMUNICATION,
 INCLUDING LISTENING, SPEAKING, READING AND  WRITING  WHICH  IS  DIRECTLY
 RELATED  TO  SCHOOL  ACHIEVEMENT  AND  IS A STRONG PREDICTOR FOR READING
 SUCCESS.
   (D) "READING FLUENCY" MEANS THE ABILITY TO  READ  WORDS,  PHRASES  AND
 SENTENCES ACCURATELY, AT AN APPROPRIATE SPEED, AND WITH EXPRESSION.
   (E)  "READING  COMPREHENSION"  MEANS  A  FUNCTION  OF WORD RECOGNITION
 SKILLS AND LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION SKILLS AND SHALL INCLUDE HAVING SUFFI-
 CIENT BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND VOCABULARY IN ORDER FOR THE  READER  TO
 
              

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