Bill Text: NY A00579 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Requires all text-books approved by this article to reference the Sea of Japan as also the East Sea.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to education [A00579 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A00579-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           579
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 9, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M. of A. BRAUNSTEIN, ORTIZ, GOTTFRIED, COLTON, L. ROSEN-
          THAL, LAVINE, WEPRIN -- Multi-Sponsored by  --  M.  of  A.  DenDEKKER,
          FITZPATRICK, GALEF, HEVESI, McDONOUGH, RA -- read once and referred to
          the Committee on Education
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education law, in relation to requiring certain
          text-books to reference the Sea of Japan as also the East Sea
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 706 to
     2  read as follows:
     3    §  706.  Reference  to Sea of Japan. Any text-book approved and issued
     4  pursuant to section seven hundred one of this article  which  refers  to
     5  the Sea of Japan shall also refer to such sea as the East Sea.
     6    §  2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021 and shall apply to text-
     7  books approved and issued on or after such date.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02666-01-9
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