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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to SUNY admission requirements for graduate-level teacher and educational leader programs"
+description: "Relates to SUNY admission requirements for graduate-level teacher and educational leader programs; removes the requirement for a minimum score on the graduate record examination or similar examination."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2021-2022"
+identifier: "A 7491"
+citation: "New York A 7491 (2021-2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["GLICK"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-05-11"
+last_action: "2021-11-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b729178c-ba0e-4bca-8d87-5d440a0cb7ff"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A7491"
+source_hash: "bc71c4ce9ab6b7082d5bc47d5c9362e89f53b56fa681315d0831d5bed4615843"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
+---
+
+# New York A 7491 (2021-2022) — Relates to SUNY admission requirements for graduate-level teacher and educational leader programs
+
+Relates to SUNY admission requirements for graduate-level teacher and educational leader programs; removes the requirement for a minimum score on the graduate record examination or similar examination.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A7491** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7491&term=2021&Text=Y)
+2. **A7491A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A7491A)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Assembly Vote — **137–11** (pass) · lower
+- Floor Vote - Version: A — **59–4** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- GLICK — primary (person)
+- CRUZ — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-05-11** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-12** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-12** PRINT NUMBER 7491A `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-19** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-01** REPORTED
+- **2021-06-01** RULES REPORT CAL.253
+- **2021-06-01** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.253
+- **2021-06-02** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2021-06-02** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2021-06-02** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6600A
+- **2021-06-09** 3RD READING CAL.1701
+- **2021-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2021-06-09** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2021-11-03** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-11-15** SIGNED CHAP.620 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b729178c-ba0e-4bca-8d87-5d440a0cb7ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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