S6355 • 2025

Relates to the qualifications to serve as a member of the citywide council on English language learners and of the citywide council on high schools

Children Education

Passed Legislature

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Sponsor: John Liu
Last action: 2026-06-02
Official status: Senate Floor Calendar
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Relates to the qualifications to serve as a member of the citywide council on English language learners and of the citywide council on high schools

Relates to the qualifications to serve as a member of the citywide council on English language learners and of the citywide council on high schools Allows parents of a child who has ever received services through an English as a second language program to serve as a member of the citywide council on English language learners and of the citywide council on high schools even if the child is no longer enrolled.

What This Bill Does

Relates to the qualifications to serve as a member of the citywide council on English language learners and of the citywide council on high schools Allows parents of a child who has ever received services through an English as a second language program to serve as a member of the citywide council on English language learners and of the citywide council on high schools even if the child is no longer enrolled.

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Bill History

2026-06-02 Senate
SUBSTITUTED BY A10079A
2026-05-21 Senate
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
2026-05-20 Senate
2ND REPORT CAL.
2026-05-19 Senate
1ST REPORT CAL.1172
2026-02-20 Senate
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO NEW YORK CITY EDUCATION
2026-02-20 Senate
PRINT NUMBER 6355A
2026-01-07 Senate
REFERRED TO NEW YORK CITY EDUCATION
2025-06-13 Senate
COMMITTED TO RULES
2025-05-29 Senate
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
2025-05-28 Senate
2ND REPORT CAL.
2025-05-27 Senate
1ST REPORT CAL.1307
2025-03-11 Senate
REFERRED TO NEW YORK CITY EDUCATION

Official Summary Text

Relates to the qualifications to serve as a member of the citywide council on English language learners and of the citywide council on high schools
Allows parents of a child who has ever received services through an English as a second language program to serve as a member of the citywide council on English language learners and of the citywide council on high schools even if the child is no longer enrolled.

Current Bill Text

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          6355

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                     March 11, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  LIU  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on New York City Education

        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the qualifications  to
          serve as a member of the citywide council on English language learners
          and of the citywide council on high schools

          THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of  paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  5  of
     2  section  2590-b  of  the education law, as amended by chapter 103 of the
     3  laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (i) nine voting members who shall be parents of students who are OR AT
     5  ANY TIME IN THE PAST HAVE BEEN ENROLLED in a bilingual or English  as  a
     6  second language program conducted pursuant to section thirty-two hundred
     7  four  of this chapter[, some of whom may be parents of students who have
     8  been in such a program within the preceding two years], to  be  selected
     9  by  parents  of students who receive OR HAVE EVER RECEIVED such services
    10  pursuant to a representative process developed by the  chancellor.  Such
    11  members  shall  serve  a two year term AND SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO CONTINUE
    12  SERVING THEIR TERM FOLLOWING THE CONCLUSION OF THEIR CHILD'S  ENROLLMENT
    13  IN A BILINGUAL OR ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE PROGRAM;
    14    §  2.  Subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 6 of section
    15  2590-b of the education law, as added by chapter  345  of  the  laws  of
    16  2009, is amended to read as follows:
    17    (iii)  one  voting member who shall be a parent of a student WHO IS OR
    18  AT ANY TIME IN THE PAST HAS BEEN ENROLLED in a bilingual or English as a
    19  second language program conducted in a public high school.  Such  member
    20  shall  be  appointed  by the city-wide council on English language lear-
    21  ners, and shall serve a two year term AND SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO  CONTINUE
    22  SERVING  THEIR TERM FOLLOWING THE CONCLUSION OF THEIR CHILD'S ENROLLMENT
    23  IN A BILINGUAL OR ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE PROGRAM;

         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10424-01-5
        S. 6355                             2

     1    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately, provided,  however,  that
     2  the  amendments  to section 2590-b of the education law made by sections
     3  one and two of this act shall not affect the  expiration  or  repeal  of
     4  such provisions and shall expire and be deemed repealed therewith.