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NY S 5088

in committee

Requires school districts to have diversity, equity and inclusion officers

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 5088 pass?

Not yet. NY S 5088 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 5088 about?

Requires school districts to have diversity, equity and inclusion officers to develop methods to diversify the personnel of the school district and to recommend changes to district policies and practices to reduce racial disparities in hiring school district employees, particularly teachers; requires boards of education to annually report information regarding such policies and practices to the department of education; requires the department of education to annually report such information to the legislature.

Who sponsors NY S 5088?

Luis R. Sepúlveda is the primary sponsor of NY S 5088, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Requires school districts to have diversity, equity and inclusion officers to develop methods to diversify the personnel of the school district and to recommend changes to district policies and practices to reduce racial disparities in hiring school district employees, particularly teachers; requires boards of education to annually report information regarding such policies and practices to the department of education; requires the department of education to annually report such information to the legislature.

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

  • Luis R. Sepúlvedaprimary
  • Robert Jacksoncosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-18

    REFERRED TO EDUCATION

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-05-22

    AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION

    amendment-passage,referral-committee

  3. 2025-05-22

    PRINT NUMBER 5088A

    amendment-passage

  4. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO EDUCATION

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 6687not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 4308not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 1049

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S5088?summary=&detail=

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