New York Assembly Bill A05835 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5835--A 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY 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: 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "libraries 2 literacy education guidance act". 3 § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 286 to read 4 as follows: 5 § 286. Libraries literacy education guidance. 1. One year after the 6 effective date of this section, the state librarian, in consultation 7 with the commissioner and any other group deemed necessary, shall 8 provide guidance on evidence-based practices for literacy education, 9 focusing on reading competency in the areas of phonemic awareness, phon- 10 ics, vocabulary development, reading fluency, comprehension, including 11 background knowledge, oral language and writing, and oral skill develop- 12 ment, for students in pre-kindergarten through grade five based on the 13 instructional best practices established by the commissioner, pursuant 14 to section eight hundred eighteen of the education law. The state 15 librarian, in consultation with the commissioner and any other group 16 deemed necessary, shall also provide modified guidance for students 17 beyond grade five and adults. Such guidance shall be distributed to 18 every public library and association library in New York state. 19 2. Such guidance may include but not be limited to texts, education 20 technology, professional education, and public informational materials. 21 3. The state librarian shall update such guidance every two years and 22 shall consider feedback from the public libraries and association 23 libraries to which the guidance is distributed. 24 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08094-04-5