A 3937 — Requires the incorporation of structured, explicit, language and evidence-based approaches to literacy instruction for prospective teachers
Congress · introduced 2025-01-30
Requires the commissioner of education to establish and enforce rules and regulations to incorporate at least a three credit course devoted to the instructional techniques necessary for effective literacy instruction which shall include delivering structured, systematic, explicit, evidence-based instruction aligned with the science of reading for prospective teachers.
Latest action: 2026-01-07 — IN_ASSEMBLY_COMM
Sponsors
- Jo Anne Simon (—, NY-52) — sponsor · 2025-01-30
- Joe DeStefano (—, NY-3) — cosponsor · 2025-01-30
- Andrew Hevesi (—, NY-28) — cosponsor · 2025-01-30
- Mary Beth Walsh (—, NY-112) — cosponsor · 2025-01-30
- Karines Reyes (—, NY-87) — cosponsor · 2025-01-30
- Steven Raga (—, NY-30) — cosponsor · 2025-01-30
- Scott H. Bendett (—, NY-107) — cosponsor · 2025-01-30
- Robert C. Carroll (—, NY-44) — cosponsor · 2025-01-30
- Catalina Cruz (—, NY-39) — cosponsor · 2025-01-30
- Pamela J. Hunter (—, NY-128) — cosponsor · 2025-01-30
- Edward Ra (—, NY-19) — cosponsor · 2025-01-30
- Jonathan Rivera (—, NY-149) — cosponsor · 2025-01-30
- Linda Rosenthal (—, NY-67) — cosponsor · 2025-01-30
- Nader Sayegh (—, NY-90) — cosponsor · 2025-01-30
- Albert A. Stirpe (—, NY-127) — cosponsor · 2025-01-30
- Jaime R. Williams (—, NY-59) — cosponsor · 2025-01-30
Action timeline
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Inbound (16)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-30 | Linda Rosenthal | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-30 | Jaime R. Williams | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-30 | Edward Ra | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-30 | Albert A. Stirpe | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-30 | Joe DeStefano | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-30 | Robert C. Carroll | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-30 | Jonathan Rivera | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-30 | Nader Sayegh | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-30 | Scott H. Bendett | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-30 | Karines Reyes | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-30 | Andrew Hevesi | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-30 | Catalina Cruz | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-30 | Mary Beth Walsh | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-30 | Pamela J. Hunter | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-30 | Steven Raga | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-30 | Jo Anne Simon | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jo Anne Simon (—, state_lower NY-52) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Albert A. Stirpe (—, state_lower NY-127) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Andrew Hevesi (—, state_lower NY-28) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Catalina Cruz (—, state_lower NY-39) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Edward Ra (—, state_lower NY-19) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Jaime R. Williams (—, state_lower NY-59) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Joe DeStefano (—, state_lower NY-3) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Jonathan Rivera (—, state_lower NY-149) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Karines Reyes (—, state_lower NY-87) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Linda Rosenthal (—, state_lower NY-67) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Mary Beth Walsh (—, state_lower NY-112) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Nader Sayegh (—, state_lower NY-90) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Pamela J. Hunter (—, state_lower NY-128) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Robert C. Carroll (—, state_lower NY-44) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Scott H. Bendett (—, state_lower NY-107) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Steven Raga (—, state_lower NY-30) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.
- 2025-01-30 · cosponsored by Robert C. Carroll (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-30 · cosponsored by Scott H. Bendett (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-30 · cosponsored by Andrew Hevesi (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-30 · cosponsored by Pamela J. Hunter (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-30 · cosponsored by Linda Rosenthal (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-30 · cosponsored by Mary Beth Walsh (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-30 · sponsored by Jo Anne Simon (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-30 · cosponsored by Jaime R. Williams (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-30 · cosponsored by Catalina Cruz (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-30 · cosponsored by Jonathan Rivera (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-30 · cosponsored by Karines Reyes (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-30 · cosponsored by Albert A. Stirpe (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-30 · cosponsored by Edward Ra (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-30 · cosponsored by Steven Raga (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-30 · cosponsored by Joe DeStefano (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-30 · cosponsored by Nader Sayegh (cosponsor) · sponsorship