A 7130: Adjusts state qualitative skill education assessment standards.
The bill aims to improve the state's qualitative skill education assessment standards. The state will establish specific standards for introducing STEM education in schools, including what constitutes an acceptable curriculum and the creation of an evaluative rubric to assess student and teacher progress in STEM fields. The bill also requires the development of a curriculum for training teachers in STEM subjects, which must be made available to all science and math teachers in primary and secondary schools. This curriculum will enable teachers to adequately prepare their students for STEM curriculum. Additionally, the state will establish rules and regulations for STEM education, which will be promulgated by the department and the board of education. These rules will be based on the standards established for introducing STEM education in schools. The bill will take effect immediately.
- What is the current status of A 7130?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 7130 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 7130 pass?
- Not yet. A 7130 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 7130, and where is it now?
- A 7130 was authored by Asm. Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn. Its committee of record is Assembly Education.
| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to education |
| Mar. 20, 2025 | referred to education |
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7130 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 20, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to adjusting state qual- itative skill education assessment standards The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 669-e of the education law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 6 to read as follows: 3 6. The commissioner shall authorize the department and the board of 4 education, in accordance with qualitative and quantitative skills 5 assessments of students' performance, standards regarding (a) what grade 6 level STEM education is introduced prior to higher education, (b) what 7 constitutes an acceptable curriculum for STEM, and (c) the creation of 8 an evaluative rubric to examine student and teacher progress in STEM 9 fields. The board and department are also authorized to create a curric- 10 ulum for training teachers who will be engaged in STEM fields to 11 adequately prepare them for STEM curriculum in their classrooms. Such 12 curriculum must be made available to all teachers responsible for 13 science and math courses in primary and secondary schools and all teach- 14 ers must have the opportunity to train under new STEM standards. 15 § 2. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new 16 subdivision 63 to read as follows: 17 63. The commissioner shall direct the department and the board of 18 education to promulgate rules and regulations regarding science, tech- 19 nology, engineering and math (STEM) education pursuant to subdivision 20 six of section six hundred sixty-nine-e of this chapter. 21 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10967-01-5