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Assembly Bill A5835B

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Establishes the libraries literacy education guidance act

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2025-A5835 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8044
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §286, Ed L

2025-A5835 - Summary

Directs the state librarian to provide guidance regarding evidence-based practices for literacy education to certain libraries.

2025-A5835 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5835
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 21, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  R. CARROLL  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Libraries and Education Technology
 
 AN ACT to amend the education  law,  in  relation  to  establishing  the
   libraries literacy education guidance act
 
   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  "libraries
 literacy education guidance act".
   §  2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 286 to read
 as follows:
   § 286. LIBRARIES LITERACY EDUCATION GUIDANCE.  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 READING COMPETENCY IN THE
 AREAS  OF  PHONEMIC  AWARENESS, PHONICS, VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT, READING
 FLUENCY  AND  COMPREHENSION,  INCLUDING  BACKGROUND  KNOWLEDGE  OF  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.
   (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
 UNDERSTAND THE WORDS IN FRONT  OF  THEM.  "READING  COMPREHENSION"  ALSO
 INCLUDES  THE  ACTIVE  PROCESS THAT REQUIRES INTENTIONAL THINKING DURING
 WHICH MEANING IS CONSTRUCTED THROUGH INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THE  TEXT  AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08094-02-5

co-Sponsors

2025-A5835A - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8044
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §286, Ed L

2025-A5835A - Summary

Directs the state librarian to provide guidance regarding evidence-based practices for literacy education to certain libraries.

2025-A5835A - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5835--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 21, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  R. CARROLL  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee  on  Libraries  and  Education   Technology   --   committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education  law, in relation to establishing the
   libraries literacy education guidance act

   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 "libraries
 literacy education guidance act".
   § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 286 to  read
 as follows:
   §  286.  LIBRARIES  LITERACY EDUCATION GUIDANCE. 1. ONE YEAR AFTER THE
 EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, THE  STATE  LIBRARIAN,  IN  CONSULTATION
 WITH  THE  COMMISSIONER  AND  ANY  OTHER  GROUP  DEEMED NECESSARY, SHALL
 PROVIDE GUIDANCE ON EVIDENCE-BASED  PRACTICES  FOR  LITERACY  EDUCATION,
 FOCUSING ON READING COMPETENCY IN THE AREAS OF PHONEMIC AWARENESS, PHON-
 ICS,  VOCABULARY  DEVELOPMENT, READING FLUENCY, COMPREHENSION, INCLUDING
 BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE, ORAL LANGUAGE AND WRITING, AND ORAL SKILL DEVELOP-
 MENT, FOR STUDENTS IN PRE-KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE FIVE BASED  ON  THE
 INSTRUCTIONAL  BEST  PRACTICES ESTABLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONER, PURSUANT
 TO SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED  EIGHTEEN  OF  THE  EDUCATION  LAW.  THE  STATE
 LIBRARIAN,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE COMMISSIONER AND ANY OTHER GROUP
 DEEMED NECESSARY, SHALL ALSO  PROVIDE  MODIFIED  GUIDANCE  FOR  STUDENTS
 BEYOND  GRADE  FIVE  AND  ADULTS.  SUCH GUIDANCE SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED TO
 EVERY PUBLIC LIBRARY AND ASSOCIATION LIBRARY IN NEW YORK STATE.
   2. SUCH GUIDANCE MAY INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED  TO  TEXTS,  EDUCATION
 TECHNOLOGY, PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION, AND PUBLIC INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS.
   3.  THE STATE LIBRARIAN SHALL UPDATE SUCH GUIDANCE EVERY TWO YEARS AND
 SHALL CONSIDER  FEEDBACK  FROM  THE  PUBLIC  LIBRARIES  AND  ASSOCIATION
 LIBRARIES TO WHICH THE GUIDANCE IS DISTRIBUTED.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

co-Sponsors

2025-A5835B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8044
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §286, Ed L

2025-A5835B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the state librarian to provide guidance regarding evidence-based practices for literacy education to certain libraries.

2025-A5835B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5835--B
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 21, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. R. CARROLL, LEVENBERG, WALKER, McDONALD, TORRES,
   LUNSFORD, TAYLOR, SCHIAVONI, BUTTENSCHON -- read once and referred  to
   the  Committee  on  Libraries  and  Education  Technology -- committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee -- reported and referred to the  Committee  on  Ways
   and Means -- recommitted to the Committee on Ways and Means in accord-
   ance  with  Assembly  Rule  3,  sec.  2  -- committee discharged, bill
   amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
   tee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education  law, in relation to establishing the
   libraries literacy education guidance act
 
   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 "libraries
 literacy education guidance act".
   § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 286 to  read
 as follows:
   §  286.  LIBRARIES  LITERACY EDUCATION GUIDANCE. 1. ONE YEAR AFTER THE
 EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, THE  STATE  LIBRARIAN,  IN  CONSULTATION
 WITH  THE  COMMISSIONER  AND  ANY  OTHER  GROUP  DEEMED NECESSARY, SHALL
 PROVIDE GUIDANCE ON EVIDENCE-BASED  PRACTICES  FOR  LITERACY  EDUCATION,
 FOCUSING ON READING COMPETENCY IN THE AREAS OF PHONEMIC AWARENESS, PHON-
 ICS,  VOCABULARY  DEVELOPMENT, READING FLUENCY, COMPREHENSION, INCLUDING
 BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE, ORAL LANGUAGE AND WRITING, AND ORAL SKILL DEVELOP-
 MENT, FOR STUDENTS IN PRE-KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE THREE BASED ON  THE
 INSTRUCTIONAL  BEST  PRACTICES ESTABLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONER, PURSUANT
 TO SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED EIGHTEEN OF THIS CHAPTER.  SUCH GUIDANCE  SHALL
 BE  DISTRIBUTED  TO  EVERY PUBLIC LIBRARY AND ASSOCIATION LIBRARY IN NEW
 YORK STATE.
   2. SUCH GUIDANCE MAY INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED  TO  TEXTS,  EDUCATION
 TECHNOLOGY, PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION, AND PUBLIC INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08094-06-6

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