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NY A 2219

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Establishes the "New York Teach Program" conditional tuition waiver

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Establishes the New York Teach Program conditional tuition waiver; requires participants to teach at hard to staff school districts for four years after graduation in order to have tuition waived in full for accelerated bachelor's and master's degree programs in education.

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

  • Jo Anne Simonprimary
  • William Coltoncosponsor
  • Catalina Cruzcosponsor
  • Donna Lupardocosponsor
  • Philip Ramoscosponsor

Committees

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Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-15

    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

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A2219?summary=&detail=

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