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type: "Bill"
title: "Directs the commissioner of education to issue guidance to school districts for developing programs to attract underrepresented candidates into the teaching profession"
description: "Directs the commissioner of education to issue guidance to school districts for developing programs to attract underrepresented candidates into the teaching profession and to identify funding available to school districts for such purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 68"
citation: "New York A 68 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nader Sayegh"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-04"
last_action: "2023-09-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be6e7557-844a-4124-b999-468906cde53b"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A68"
source_hash: "512cd7ace8d127233b53de7b4e7482f2d33457916d60dbc1c63b9ac39f331283"
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 68 (2023-2024) — Directs the commissioner of education to issue guidance to school districts for developing programs to attract underrepresented candidates into the teaching profession
Directs the commissioner of education to issue guidance to school districts for developing programs to attract underrepresented candidates into the teaching profession and to identify funding available to school districts for such purposes.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **A68** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A68&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **A68A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A68A)
## Votes
- Assembly Vote — **143–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **61–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Nader Sayegh — primary (person)
- Aileen Gunther — cosponsor (person)
- Angelo Santabarbara — cosponsor (person)
- Anna Kelles — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Carrie Woerner — cosponsor (person)
- Catalina Cruz — cosponsor (person)
- Chantel Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Tague — cosponsor (person)
- Eddie Gibbs — cosponsor (person)
- Harvey Epstein — cosponsor (person)
- Inez E. Dickens — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrion Aubry — cosponsor (person)
- Jo Anne Simon — cosponsor (person)
- Joe DeStefano — cosponsor (person)
- John T. McDonald III — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Giglio — cosponsor (person)
- Karines Reyes — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Jean-Pierre — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Seawright — cosponsor (person)
- Scott H. Bendett — cosponsor (person)
- Stefani Zinerman — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Otis — cosponsor (person)
- Vivian Cook — cosponsor (person)
- William Colton — cosponsor (person)
- William Conrad — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-04** REFERRED TO EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-16** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-16** PRINT NUMBER 68A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-24** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-01** REPORTED
- **2023-06-01** RULES REPORT CAL.423
- **2023-06-01** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.423
- **2023-06-01** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-01** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2023-06-01** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-05** SUBSTITUTED FOR S2140B
- **2023-06-05** 3RD READING CAL.287
- **2023-06-05** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-05** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-09-05** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-09-06** SIGNED CHAP.350 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/be6e7557-844a-4124-b999-468906cde53b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).