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NY S 1371

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Establishes the education equity act which provides language assistance to parents/guardians who have children enrolled in public school and who do not speak English

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 1371 pass?

Not yet. NY S 1371 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 S 1371 about?

Establishes the "education equity act" which provides language assistance to parents or guardians who have children enrolled in public school and whose primary language is not English; defines terms; creates an annual language assistance plan to assess language needs in the district; requires the department of education to establish web pages detailing the rights of parents to translation services in each covered language; requires annual reports by each school district to the local board of education.

Who sponsors NY S 1371?

José M. Serrano is the primary sponsor of NY S 1371, joined by 6 cosponsors.

Description

Establishes the "education equity act" which provides language assistance to parents or guardians who have children enrolled in public school and whose primary language is not English; defines terms; creates an annual language assistance plan to assess language needs in the district; requires the department of education to establish web pages detailing the rights of parents to translation services in each covered language; requires annual reports by each school district to the local board of education.

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

  • José M. Serranoprimary
  • Luis R. Sepúlvedacosponsor
  • James Sanders Jr.cosponsor
  • Brian Kavanaghcosponsor
  • Jessica Ramoscosponsor
  • Julia Salazarcosponsor
  • Jamaal Baileycosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-09

    REFERRED TO EDUCATION

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO EDUCATION

    referral-committee

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Votes

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Related bills

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  • Prior session: S 1429not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 1516not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 3206not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 2939not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 250

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S1371?summary=&detail=

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