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Assembly Bill A10887

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Establishes the New York innovative learning models act

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2025-A10887 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §3602-g, Ed L

2025-A10887 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the New York innovative learning models act to provide grants to eligible entities for the planning, development, implementation, replication and scaling of innovative learning models.

2025-A10887 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10887
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               April 8, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. MAHER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing an  inno-
   vative learning grant program
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "New York innovative learning models act".
   § 2. Findings and purposes. 1. The legislature finds that:
   a.  Rapid shifts in technology, workforce needs and educational deliv-
 ery methods call for more flexible and innovative learning models;
   b. Students in New York state benefit from expanded opportunities that
 complement traditional classroom instruction through  blended,  project-
 based, competency-based, and other models of learning;
   c.  To  maintain and enhance the competitiveness of New York's economy
 and meet the needs of employers and communities, the state must  support
 schools  and  education entities in designing, implementing, and scaling
 such innovative models; and
   d. A state-led  grant  program  can  incentivize  and  accelerate  the
 adoption and continuous improvement of innovative learning models across
 the  state's  varied  school  districts  and types of educational insti-
 tutions.
   2. It is the purpose of this act to:
   a. Establish a competitive grant program that  supports  local  educa-
 tional agencies, districts, charter schools, and other eligible entities
 in the development and implementation of innovative learning models;
   b.  Promote  research,  evaluation and dissemination of best practices
 for such models; and
   c. Ensure accountability and continuous improvement  of  participating
 models  to  improve  student  outcomes,  including academic achievement,
 college and career readiness, and equity in access.
   § 3. The education law is amended by adding a new  section  3602-g  to
 read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14683-01-6
              

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