| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 08, 2025 |
referred to higher education |
Senate Bill S87
2025-2026 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 32nd Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D) 34th Senate District
2025-S87 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Higher Education
- Law Section:
- Education
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
-
2017-2018:
S8482
2019-2020: S1771
2021-2022: S626
2023-2024: S462
2025-S87 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S87
SPONSOR: SEPULVEDA
TITLE OF BILL:
An act requiring the department of education to study and report on the
self-identified ethnicity and multilingual status of all licensed social
workers
PURPOSE:
This purpose of this bill is to increase the amount of information that
we have regarding the demographic and linguistic break-downs of social
workers.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section I. Mandates the department of education to prepare a comprehen-
sive study and report on the self-identified ethnicity and multilingual
status of all licensed social workers.
Section 2. Indicates that the report should be completed within a year
2025-S87 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
87
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
(PREFILED)
January 8, 2025
___________
Introduced by Sens. SEPULVEDA, FERNANDEZ -- read twice and ordered
printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher
Education
AN ACT requiring the department of education to study and report on the
self-identified ethnicity and multilingual status of all licensed
social workers
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The department of education shall prepare a comprehensive
study and report on the self-identified ethnicity and multilingual
status of all licensed social workers. Such data shall be collected
during the licensure and re-registration process of such individuals and
then compiled in an easily readable format.
§ 2. The commissioner of education shall provide such report to the
governor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the
assembly no later than one year after the effective date of this act.
Such report shall be updated and delivered annually for a total of five
years.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00652-01-5
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