A 6072: Requires funding for special education services and programs for preschool children with disabilities to cover joint classroom instruction for such children with disabilities and other children for the same number of hours each day.
What A 6072 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill aims to require school districts to provide full-day joint classroom instruction for preschool children with disabilities. This instruction must be funded by a combination of special education services and federal/state universal prekindergarten programs. The instruction will cover the same number of hours as other children in the classroom. The state education department will be responsible for implementing the rules and regulations necessary to make this provision a reality. The bill will take effect immediately.
Bill journey
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5GovernorPending
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Last action: referred to education (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 6072
- What is the current status of A 6072?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 6072 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 education".
- Did A 6072 pass?
- Not yet. A 6072 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 6072, and where is it now?
- A 6072 was authored by Asm. Pamela Hunter. Its committee of record is Assembly Education. It is filed under EDN, alongside 312 other New York EDN bills this session.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to education |
| Feb. 26, 2025 | referred to education |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 26, 2025 · 248 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6072 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 26, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HUNTER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring funding for special education services and programs for preschool children with disabilities to cover full-day joint classroom instruction The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 4410 of the education law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 14 to read as follows: 3 14. Full-day special education funding. Any school district that 4 receives funds for special education services or programs for preschool 5 children with disabilities pursuant to this section, and that receives 6 funds for federal and/or statewide universal prekindergarten programs 7 pursuant to section thirty-six hundred two-e and/or section thirty-six 8 hundred two-ee of this chapter, shall be mandated to operate joint 9 classroom instruction for preschool children who require special 10 services or programs under this section, and other children for the same 11 number of hours each day. The department shall promulgate any rules 12 and/or regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this subdi- 13 vision. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03639-01-5
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