---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to extending the deadline for reduction in class size under contracts for excellence in a city school district in a city having a population of one million or more inhabitants"
description: "Extends the deadline for reduction in class size under contracts for excellence in a city school district in a city having a population of one million or more inhabitants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 11539"
citation: "New York A 11539 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-06-01"
last_action: "2026-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b860f880-e216-4add-8f26-9b62b1004842"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A11539"
source_hash: "d43eab96e0b37f255e864b56b4d4922fe35c7f57ebe010bddd913f2475c673b7"
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 11539 (2025-2026) — Relates to extending the deadline for reduction in class size under contracts for excellence in a city school district in a city having a population of one million or more inhabitants

Extends the deadline for reduction in class size under contracts for excellence in a city school district in a city having a population of one million or more inhabitants.

## Version chain

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

1. **A11539** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A11539&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **138–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rules Committee — primary (organization)
- Michael Benedetto — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-06-01** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2026-06-03** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2026-06-03** REPORTED
- **2026-06-03** RULES REPORT CAL.459
- **2026-06-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.459
- **2026-06-04** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2026-06-04** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2026-06-04** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2026-06-04** SUBSTITUTED FOR S10615
- **2026-06-04** 3RD READING CAL.1813
- **2026-06-04** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2026-06-04** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2026-06-18** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-26** SIGNED CHAP.155 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b860f880-e216-4add-8f26-9b62b1004842`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).