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S 5088 New York Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Requires school districts to have diversity, equity and inclusion officers

Summary
Requires school districts to have diversity, equity and inclusion officers to develop methods to diversify the personnel of the school district and to recommend changes to district policies and practices to reduce racial disparities in hiring school district employees, particularly teachers; requires boards of education to annually report information regarding such policies and practices to the department of education; requires the department of education to annually report such information to the legislature.
Issues: ✓ EducationSupports EducationMandates DEI officers to reduce racial disparities in teacher hiring and promote equity, directly advancing educational access and equity in K-12 schools.95% confidence ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentMandates DEI officers to reduce racial disparities in teacher hiring, advancing equitable employment practices within school districts.85% confidence
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 18, 2025 Last action Jan 7, 2026
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What changed between versions

S5088 → S5088A · 4 edits
MODERATE
This bill amendment adds committee discharge language and reorganizes section numbering while keeping the core policy unchanged. The substantive content regarding diversity, equity and inclusion officer requirements remains the same, though the bill was amended and reprinted with updated committee instructions.
Scope change
The bill's scope and applicability remain unchanged; no new provisions were added or existing ones removed.
TECHNICAL

Bill title changed from S 5088 to S 5088-A to reflect that it has been amended and reprinted.

Added committee discharge language indicating the bill was amended, ordered reprinted, and recommitted to the Education Committee.

Reorganized section numbering and formatting, moving content from sections 1-12 to sections 1-16 with adjusted line numbers.

Minor spacing adjustment in the opening line between 'Senate and Assembly'.

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Actions timeline

Total actions
4
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Amendments
2
Jan 7, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO EDUCATION
upper
May 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 5088A
upper
May 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION
upper
Feb 18, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO EDUCATION
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Luis Sepúlveda
Luis Sepúlveda
DDemocratic
NY
32
Co
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Robert Jackson
DDemocratic/Working Families
NY
31