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S 3595: Requires all school districts to have a licensed physical education teacher.
What S 3595 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill requires all school districts in New York to employ a certified physical education teacher. Currently, larger school districts must employ a physical education teacher, but smaller districts are exempt. The bill aims to standardize physical education instruction across all school districts, regardless of size. Physical education instruction will be given by a certified teacher or by a teacher already employed to teach other subjects. 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
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO EDUCATION |
| Jan. 28, 2025 | REFERRED TO EDUCATION |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 28, 2025 · 236 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3595 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 requiring all school districts to have a certified physical education teacher The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 803 of the education law, as 2 amended by chapter 118 of the laws of 1957, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 2. The board of education or trustees of every school district regu- 5 larly employing twenty or more teachers shall employ, within every 6 school, a teacher or teachers qualified and duly licensed under the 7 regulations of the regents to give [such] physical education instruc- 8 tion[; in every other district of the state, they shall require such9instruction to be given by the teacher or teachers regularly employed to10give instruction in other subjects or by a teacher or teachers qualified11and duly licensed under the regulations of the regents]. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07064-01-5
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