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NY A 2196

in committee

Creates city university of New York center for excellence in urban education to enhance the quality of teaching in public schools in N.Y. city

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 2196 pass?

Not yet. NY A 2196 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

What is NY A 2196 about?

Creates city university of New York center for excellence in urban education to enhance the quality of teaching in public schools in NYC; establishes the regents public school teacher loan forgiveness program to allocate awards annually to teachers who agree to teach public school in an area of New York state designated by the board of regents as having a shortage of public school teachers.

Who sponsors NY A 2196?

Brian Cunningham is the primary sponsor of NY A 2196, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Description

Creates city university of New York center for excellence in urban education to enhance the quality of teaching in public schools in NYC; establishes the regents public school teacher loan forgiveness program to allocate awards annually to teachers who agree to teach public school in an area of New York state designated by the board of regents as having a shortage of public school teachers.

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

  • Brian Cunninghamprimary
  • George Alvarezcosponsor
  • Eddie Gibbscosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-15

    REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 9987not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 2993not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 1108not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 3620not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 379not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 3484not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 3071not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 7153not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 3284not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 3770

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A2196?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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