Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim September 27, 2026, as Teaching Assistants' Day in the State of New York

Assembly Resolution No. 1513

BY: M. of A. Rules (Sayegh)

        MEMORIALIZING  Governor  Kathy  Hochul to proclaim
        September 27, 2026, as Teaching Assistants'  Day  in
        the State of New York

  WHEREAS,  It  is  the  custom  of this Legislative Body to recognize
official days that are set aside to highlight the men and women who lend
their passion and skills to educating our children; and

  WHEREAS, This  Legislative  Body  is  justly  proud  to  memorialize
Governor  Kathy  Hochul  to  proclaim  September  27,  2026, as Teaching
Assistants' Day in the State  of  New  York,  in  conjunction  with  the
observance of National Teaching Assistants' Day; and

  WHEREAS,  National  Teaching Assistants' Day is held annually on the
27th of September to raise awareness of the hard  work  and  efforts  of
Teaching Assistants; and

  WHEREAS,  Teaching  Assistants  are  instrumental  to the success of
classrooms and serve as the eyes and ears  to  ensure  students  are  on
track; and

  WHEREAS,  According  to  a  United  States  Bureau  of Labor report,
approximately 1.1 million Teaching Assistants are employed in elementary
and secondary schools across the country; in the same report, the  State
of  New York is found to have one of the highest rates of employment and
salary for Teaching Assistants; and

  WHEREAS,   Teaching   Assistants   develop   important    individual
relationships  with  students  and  help create exceptional students and
school environments; and

  WHEREAS, Significant contributors to education in the State  of  New
York,  our  Teaching  Assistants  continually  demonstrate an impressive
dedication, an unparalleled devotion, and an unremitting enthusiasm  for
the  quality  of  the  educational programs and opportunities offered at
their schools for the benefit of faculty and students, as  well  as  for
the entire community; and

  WHEREAS,  It is the intent of this Legislative Body to recognize the
educators of the State of New York who work to open the minds  of  their
students  to  new  ideas,  knowledge,  and  dreams;  who  keep  American
democracy alive by laying the foundation for good citizenship; who  fill
many  roles  such  as listeners, explorers, role models, motivators, and
mentors; and who continue to influence their  students  long  after  the
school days are only memories; now, therefore, be it

  RESOLVED,  That  this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
memorialize Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim  September  27,  2026,  as
Teaching Assistants' Day in the State of New York; and be it further

  RESOLVED,  That  a  copy  of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be
transmitted to The Honorable Kathy Hochul, Governor of the State of  New
York.