---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the maximum percentage of students that can be exempted from the admission requirements for graduate-level teacher and educational leader programs"
description: "Increases the percentage of students from any incoming class who can be exempted from the admission requirements for graduate-level teacher and educational leader programs from no more than fifteen percent to fifty percent."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 5666"
citation: "New York S 5666 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["STAVISKY"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-15"
last_action: "2021-11-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e55d643-5570-43a8-afe2-8e71ede5697a"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S5666"
source_hash: "41848132c892a48b5af5b9e97067427ecad6f4b27c10c70edf5f15c63ad3f6ce"
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 5666 (2021-2022) — Relates to the maximum percentage of students that can be exempted from the admission requirements for graduate-level teacher and educational leader programs

Increases the percentage of students from any incoming class who can be exempted from the admission requirements for graduate-level teacher and educational leader programs from no more than fifteen percent to fifty percent.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5666** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5666&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **136–12** (pass) · lower
- Higher Education Vote — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **62–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- STAVISKY — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-15** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20** 1ST REPORT CAL.704
- **2021-04-21** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-04-26** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-05-24** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-05-24** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-05-24** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-02** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7490
- **2021-06-02** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.252
- **2021-06-02** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-02** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-11-03** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-11-15** SIGNED CHAP.626 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8e55d643-5570-43a8-afe2-8e71ede5697a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).