---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the granting of tenure"
description: "Relates to the granting of tenure to probationary classroom teachers or building principals; provides that no school district shall complete an annual professional performance review for the two thousand twenty--two thousand twenty-one school year."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 5576"
citation: "New York S 5576 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MAYER"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-03-11"
last_action: "2021-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2e23322-d8ac-4014-8a6e-6921f4fb17a9"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S5576"
source_hash: "3e4be567df5bafc23e459b2e14746a8223bcfb18ac226069a895654f1f8088a9"
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 S 5576 (2021-2022) — Relates to the granting of tenure

Relates to the granting of tenure to probationary classroom teachers or building principals; provides that no school district shall complete an annual professional performance review for the two thousand twenty--two thousand twenty-one school year.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S5576** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5576&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S5576A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S5576A)
3. **S5576B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S5576B)
4. **S5576C** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S5576C)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- Education Vote - Version: A — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: C — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: C — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- MAYER — primary (person)
- GALLIVAN — cosponsor (person)
- GAUGHRAN — cosponsor (person)
- HELMING — cosponsor (person)
- HINCHEY — cosponsor (person)
- JORDAN — cosponsor (person)
- MANNION — cosponsor (person)
- MARTUCCI — cosponsor (person)
- O'MARA — cosponsor (person)
- REICHLIN-MELNICK — cosponsor (person)
- STEC — cosponsor (person)
- TEDISCO — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-03-11** REFERRED TO EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18** PRINT NUMBER 5576A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-23** 1ST REPORT CAL.618
- **2021-03-24** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-03-25** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-03-30** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 5576B `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-04** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 5576C `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-05-10** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-05-10** REFERRED TO EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6750B
- **2021-05-19** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.377
- **2021-05-19** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-05-19** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-06-07** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-07** SIGNED CHAP.112 `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-08** APPROVAL MEMO.8

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b2e23322-d8ac-4014-8a6e-6921f4fb17a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).