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NY S 881

in committee

Requires colleges and universities in the state to have education programs for prospective teachers, administrators, and counselors for teaching immigrant-origin students

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Did NY S 881 pass?

Not yet. NY S 881 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

What is NY S 881 about?

Requires the city university of New York and state university of New York have education programs for prospective teachers, administrators, and counselors for teaching immigrant-origin students that promotes diversity, equity and inclusion, and is multilingual.

Who sponsors NY S 881?

Robert Jackson is the primary sponsor of NY S 881, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Requires the city university of New York and state university of New York have education programs for prospective teachers, administrators, and counselors for teaching immigrant-origin students that promotes diversity, equity and inclusion, and is multilingual.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Robert Jacksonprimary
  • Cordell Clearecosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-08

    REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

    referral-committee

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Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 9093not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 8033

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S881?summary=&detail=

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