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S 3594: Removes the cap on funds for teacher resource and computer training centers for the city school district for the city of New York.
What S 3594 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill aims to amend the education law to provide funds for teacher resource and computer training centers. The funding for these centers is limited to two million dollars per center, except for the city school district in New York City, which has a higher limit of sixteen million eight hundred thousand dollars. Each approved center must receive a minimum of twenty thousand dollars annually. The bill also requires that any statewide increase in funding be distributed proportionately among existing centers that have met the requirements, and a portion of the increase be made available to new applicants and current centers to develop regional and statewide activities. The bill takes effect immediately.
Bill journey
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2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: REFERRED TO EDUCATION (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 3594
- What is the current status of S 3594?
- As of January 8, 2026, S 3594 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 S 3594 pass?
- Not yet. S 3594 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 3594, and where is it now?
- S 3594 was authored by Sen. Gustavo Rivera. Its committee of record is Senate Education.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO EDUCATION |
| Jan. 28, 2025 | REFERRED TO EDUCATION |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 28, 2025 · 309 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3594 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 28, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. RIVERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to funds for teacher resource and computer training centers The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 8 of section 316 of the education law, as 2 amended by section 4-a of part B of chapter 57 of the laws of 2007, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 8. Funds provided each school year to school districts and boards of 5 cooperative educational services by the commissioner to plan, establish 6 and operate teacher resource and computer training centers shall not 7 exceed two million dollars per center, except that for the city school 8 district for the city of New York such [center] funding limitation shall 9 not [exceed sixteen million eight hundred thousand dollars] apply; and 10 provided further that each approved center shall receive not less than 11 twenty thousand dollars. In any year in which there is a statewide 12 increase in funding for teacher resource and computer training centers, 13 such increase shall be distributed proportionately among existing 14 centers that have satisfactorily fulfilled the requirements of such 15 centers' current grant. A portion of the increase shall be made avail- 16 able to new applicants to establish new teacher centers, and to current 17 teacher centers to develop and implement regional and statewide teacher 18 center activities. 19 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07063-01-5
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