New York legislation · 2025-2026 General Assembly
New York A11539: Relates to extending the deadline for reduction in class size under contracts for excellence in a city school district in a city having a population of one million or more inhabitants
Status: Signed into law, June 26, 2026
Extends the deadline for reduction in class size under contracts for excellence in a city school district in a city having a population of one million or more inhabitants.
What the bill says
An act to amend the education law, in relation to contracts for excellence in a city school district in a city having a population of one million or more inhabitants.
From the introduced text, June 1, 2026:
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to contracts for excellence in a city school district in a city having a population of one million or more inhabitants THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subparagraph (i) and clauses (A) and (B) of subparagraph (ii) of paragraph b of subdivision 2 of section 211-d of the education law, subparagraph (i) as amended by section 2 of part A of chapter 57 of the laws of 2008, clause (A) of subparagraph (ii) as amended by chapter 86 of the laws of 2023, and clause (B) of subparagraph (ii) as amended by chapter 556 of the laws of 2022, are amended to read as follows: (i) The contract shall specify the new or expanded programs for which additional amounts of such total foundation aid[,] or grant shall be used and shall affirm that such programs shall predominately benefit students with the greatest educational needs including, but not limited to, those students with limited English proficiency, students in poverty and students with disabilities. (A) In a city school district in a city having a population of one million or more inhabitants such contract shall also include a plan, which shall be developed in collaboration with the collective bargaining units …
Sponsors
- George Alvarez (D, 78) · primary sponsor
- Michael Benedetto (D, 82)
Latest actions
- : SIGNED CHAP.155
- : DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
- : RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- : PASSED SENATE
- : 3RD READING CAL.1813
- : SUBSTITUTED FOR S10615
- : REFERRED TO RULES
- : DELIVERED TO SENATE
- : PASSED ASSEMBLY
- : ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.459
Votes
- Senate Floor Vote (June 4, 2026): 60 yea, 0 nay, passed
- FLOOR Vote (June 4, 2026): 60 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage (June 4, 2026): 138 yea, 1 nay, passed
- Assembly Ways And Means Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules (June 3, 2026): 27 yea, 5 nay, passed
- Assembly Rules Committee: Favorable (June 3, 2026): 29 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Education Law
Common questions
- What is A11539?
- A11539 is a bill in the New York Legislature (2025-2026 General Assembly): Relates to extending the deadline for reduction in class size under contracts for excellence in a city school district in a city having a population of one million or more inhabitants.
- What does A11539 do?
- In its own words: An act to amend the education law, in relation to contracts for excellence in a city school district in a city having a population of one million or more inhabitants.
- What is the status of A11539?
- Signed into law as of June 26, 2026. Latest action: SIGNED CHAP.155 (June 26, 2026).
- Who sponsored A11539?
- George Alvarez (D, 78), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for A11539?
- On the New York Legislature website: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A11539
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