New York bills · 2025 Regular Session
New York A 250
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
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became law
Sponsors
- Nily Rozic (Democratic)
Cosponsors (21)
- Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn (Democratic)
- William Colton (Democratic)
- Jo Anne Simon (Democratic)
- David Weprin (Democratic)
- Zohran Mamdani
- Rebecca Seawright (Democratic)
- Phara Souffrant Forrest (Democratic)
- Chris Burdick (Democratic/Independence/Working Families)
- Ron Kim (Democratic)
- Brian Cunningham (Democratic)
- MaryJane Shimsky (Democratic/Working Families)
- Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas (Democratic/Working Families)
- Andrew Hevesi (Democratic)
- Nader Sayegh (Democratic)
- Yudelka Tapia (Democratic)
- Harvey Epstein
- David McDonough (Republican)
- John Zaccaro Jr. (Democratic)
- Jen Lunsford (Democratic/Working Families)
- Erik Dilan (Democratic)
- Noah Burroughs (Democratic/Working Families)
Summary
Official abstract published by the New York legislature
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.
Text versions
Roll-call votes
No recorded votes on this bill.
Actions
- Jan 7, 2026 · House
REFERRED TO EDUCATION - Jan 8, 2025 · House
REFERRED TO EDUCATION