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S 5608 New York Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Establishes a New York state English as a new language teaching assistance program

Summary
Establishes a New York state English as a new language teaching assistance program for certain undergraduate and/or graduate students in a program leading to a career as a teacher in primary or secondary education.
Issues: ✓ EducationSupports EducationEstablishes program to train ELL teachers, supporting educator workforce development in K-12 education through targeted teacher preparation assistance.95% confidence
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 25, 2025 Last action Jan 7, 2026
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Committee
2
Jan 7, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
upper
Feb 25, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Jake Ashby
Jake Ashby
RRepublican/Conservative
NY
43
Co
Photo of Pam Helming
Pam Helming
RRepublican/Conservative/Independence
NY
54