S6400 (2025-26 session)
NY State bill
Requires the commissioner of education to establish and enforce rules and regulations to incorporate at least a three credit course devoted to the instructional techniques necessary for effective literacy instruction which shall include delivering structured, systematic, explicit, evidence-based instruction aligned with the science of reading for prospective teachers.
- Title
- Requires the incorporation of structured, explicit, language and evidence-based approaches to literacy instruction for prospective teachers
- Type
- New York State Senate bill
- Session
- 2025-26 session
- Status
- In Senate Committee
- Latest action date
- 2026-01-07
- In committee
- Higher Education
- Introduced
- 2025-03-13
- Active version
- S6400A
- Same as
- A3937
- Law section
- Education Law
Sponsors
- Robert Jackson State Senator, District 31
Co-sponsors
- Cordell Cleare State Senator, District 30
- Kevin S. Parker State Senator, District 21
- Leroy Comrie State Senator, District 14
- Nathalia Fernandez State Senator, District 34
Heard in committee
- Higher Education NY State Senate committee
Same as
- A3937 (2025-26 session) NY State bill