---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to expanding access to advanced courses to improve educational equity"
description: "Relates to expanding access to advanced courses to improve educational equity beginning with notification to parents and students on the benefits and opportunities offered as well as automatic enrollment opportunities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 514"
citation: "New York A 514 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crystal Peoples-Stokes"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-09-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16a209ce-7d59-47d1-85cf-ea07cca45107"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A514"
source_hash: "7f04a9ccf52b71a91feddfcc812c082f9fe054d2446fc12e719ce74812ca4f89"
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 514 (2023-2024) — Relates to expanding access to advanced courses to improve educational equity

Relates to expanding access to advanced courses to improve educational equity beginning with notification to parents and students on the benefits and opportunities offered as well as automatic enrollment opportunities.

## Version chain

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

1. **A514** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A514&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **A514A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A514A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **143–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Crystal Peoples-Stokes — primary (person)
- Al Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Albert A. Stirpe — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Catalina Cruz — cosponsor (person)
- Chantel Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- David Weprin — cosponsor (person)
- Inez E. Dickens — cosponsor (person)
- Jo Anne Simon — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Jacobson — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Jean-Pierre — cosponsor (person)
- Lester Chang — cosponsor (person)
- MaryJane Shimsky — cosponsor (person)
- Nader Sayegh — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Otis — cosponsor (person)
- William Magnarelli — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09** REFERRED TO EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-19** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-19** PRINT NUMBER 514A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-24** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-31** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-01** REPORTED
- **2023-06-01** RULES REPORT CAL.427
- **2023-06-01** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.427
- **2023-06-01** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-01** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2023-06-01** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-06** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5650A
- **2023-06-06** 3RD READING CAL.1503
- **2023-06-06** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-06** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-09-06** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-09-07** SIGNED CHAP.355 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/16a209ce-7d59-47d1-85cf-ea07cca45107`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).