---
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).