Bill Commons

NY A 2219

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Establishes the "New York Teach Program" conditional tuition waiver

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did NY A 2219 pass?

Not yet. NY A 2219 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

What is NY A 2219 about?

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.

Who sponsors NY A 2219?

Jo Anne Simon is the primary sponsor of NY A 2219, joined by 4 cosponsors.

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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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
Bill type
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Sponsors

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

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-01-15

    REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

    referral-committee

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 3055not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 1602not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 7232not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 11365not in this corpus

Official source

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

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