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A 5878: Allows for reasonable accommodations for the examination portion of licensure requirements to become a social worker for individuals for whom English is not their primary language and a test in their primary language is not available.
What A 5878 does, verified January 9, 2026
The bill aims to allow reasonable accommodations for individuals who are non-native English speakers during the examination portion of the licensure requirements to become a social worker. This includes permitting organizations that offer the licensing examination to provide accommodations for applicants who do not speak English as their primary language. The accommodations may include testing in the applicant's primary language if available. The bill takes effect immediately.
Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to higher education (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 5878
- What is the current status of A 5878?
- As of January 9, 2026, A 5878 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to higher education".
- Did A 5878 pass?
- Not yet. A 5878 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 5878, and where is it now?
- A 5878 was authored by Asm. Sam Berger with 4 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Higher Education.
Author and sponsors
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to higher education |
| Feb. 24, 2025 | referred to higher education |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 24, 2025 · 213 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5878 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 24, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BERGER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to allowing for reason- able accommodations for the examination portion of licensure require- ments to become a social worker for individuals for whom English is not their primary language The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 of section 7704 of the 2 education law, as added by chapter 420 of the laws of 2002, is amended 3 to read as follows: 4 (d) Examination: pass an examination satisfactory to the board and in 5 accordance with the commissioner's regulations. Any organization permit- 6 ted by the department to offer the licensing examination shall allow 7 reasonable accommodations for applicants for whom English is not their 8 primary language and a test in their primary language is not available; 9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08531-01-5
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