Bill Text: NY A06708 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to culturally responsive lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender education standards.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to education [A06708 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A06708-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6708

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                       May 5, 2023
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        Introduced by M. of A. BRONSON, GONZALEZ-ROJAS -- read once and referred
          to the Committee on Education

        AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to culturally responsive
          lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender education standards

          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 804-e
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 804-e. Culturally responsive lesbian, gay, bisexual and  transgender
     4  education  curriculum  and standards. 1. Culturally responsive education
     5  rules and regulations. (a) The commissioner shall promulgate  rules  and
     6  regulations  for  the  implementation  of culturally responsive lesbian,
     7  gay, bisexual and  transgender  education  curriculum  for  all  schools
     8  including  elementary  schools,  junior  high  schools  and  senior high
     9  schools. In formulating such regulations, the  commissioner  shall  seek
    10  input of parents, students and other stakeholders.
    11    (b) In formulating the rules and regulations required by paragraph (a)
    12  of  this  subdivision,  the  commissioner  shall  recognize  that:  many
    13  students in New York state's public  school  system  are  lesbian,  gay,
    14  bisexual and transgender, and education that makes a cultural connection
    15  with students has been shown to improve educational outcomes.
    16    (c)  All  school  districts, charter schools and private schools shall
    17  integrate culturally responsive lesbian, gay, bisexual  and  transgender
    18  education  throughout  the education of all students at all grade levels
    19  in accordance with the commissioner's rules and regulations  promulgated
    20  pursuant to this subdivision.
    21    (d) The commissioner's rules and regulations shall include, but not be
    22  limited to, curriculum standards for the role of oppression and inequity
    23  in treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender in the history of
    24  New  York  state  and  the  United States.   The commissioner shall also
    25  develop model curricula for use by schools.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01463-01-3
        A. 6708                             2

     1    2. Graduation standards. The commissioner shall promulgate  rules  and
     2  regulations  requiring  all  high  school students to pass a course in a
     3  subject area that meets the culturally responsive lesbian, gay, bisexual
     4  and transgender education standards established by  this  section  as  a
     5  prerequisite for graduation.
     6    3.  Teacher certification. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and
     7  regulations to include completion of at  least  one  college  course  in
     8  effective  teaching  for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students
     9  as a prerequisite for teacher certification.
    10    4. Professional development. The commissioner shall  promulgate  rules
    11  and  regulations requiring lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender compe-
    12  tency and responsive education  to  be  incorporated  into  the  ongoing
    13  professional  development  standards  for  all  pre-kindergarten through
    14  grade twelve educators.
    15    5. Culturally responsive school climate assessment.  The  commissioner
    16  shall create a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender culturally respon-
    17  sive  school  climate  assessment  which school districts may utilize in
    18  assessing the cultural responsiveness  of  the  educational  climate  in
    19  their schools and district. This assessment shall be consistent with the
    20  purposes of this section.
    21    6.  Pilot  program.  Within amounts appropriated therefor, the commis-
    22  sioner shall establish a pilot program in  lesbian,  gay,  bisexual  and
    23  transgender  culturally responsive education and shall make funds avail-
    24  able to school districts through a request for proposal.  The  award  of
    25  such funds shall be based on criteria to be developed by the commission-
    26  er and approved by the board of regents.
    27    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
    28  have become a law.