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NY A 706

in committee

Relates to requiring guidance counselors in each elementary, intermediate, middle, junior high and senior high school

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 706 pass?

Not yet. NY A 706 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO EDUCATION

What is NY A 706 about?

Requires at least one full-time guidance counselor to be employed in each elementary, intermediate, middle, junior and senior high school throughout the state; sets duties of guidance counselors.

Who sponsors NY A 706?

Sarah Clark is the primary sponsor of NY A 706, joined by 8 cosponsors.

Description

Requires at least one full-time guidance counselor to be employed in each elementary, intermediate, middle, junior and senior high school throughout the state; sets duties of guidance counselors.

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

  • Sarah Clarkprimary
  • Emily Gallaghercosponsor
  • Jessica Gonzalez-Rojascosponsor
  • Jen Lunsfordcosponsor
  • Josh Jensencosponsor
  • Angelo Santabarbaracosponsor
  • Deborah Glickcosponsor
  • Tony Simonecosponsor
  • Manny De Los Santoscosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-08

    REFERRED TO EDUCATION

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO EDUCATION

    referral-committee

Versions

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Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 5131not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 2981not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 888not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 4183not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 4153not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 7473not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 3584not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 2709not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 1556not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 447

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A706?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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