Bill Text: NY A08347 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires September eleventh awareness curriculum or instruction for school districts, regarding the September eleventh, two thousand one attacks on the United States of America.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-03-05 - print number 8347a [A08347 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A08347-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8347

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    December 13, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M. of A. CRUZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Education

        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation  to  requiring  September
          eleventh awareness curriculum or instruction for school districts

          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.  September  eleventh awareness curriculum or instruction. 1.
     4  The commissioner, in consultation with  any  appropriate  agency,  shall
     5  establish  September eleventh (9/11) awareness curriculum or instruction
     6  for school districts regarding the September eleventh, two thousand  one
     7  attacks on the United States of America and their ongoing repercussions.
     8  The  content of such curriculum or instruction may be varied to meet the
     9  needs of particular school districts, or portions thereof, and need  not
    10  be uniform throughout the state.
    11    2.  The  content of such curriculum or instruction shall be age appro-
    12  priate and shall be developed according to the needs  and  abilities  of
    13  pupils  at  successive grade levels in order to provide skills, informa-
    14  tion, and guidance to aid in September eleventh awareness.
    15    3. The content of the curriculum  or  instruction  shall  include  the
    16  following core tenents and themes:
    17    (a) antecedents of 9/11;
    18    (b) the events of the day and the global impact of the attacks;
    19    (c)  the  response  by first responders and other agencies on 9/11 and
    20  during the ensuing rescue and recovery operation which lasted until  May
    21  thirtieth, two thousand twenty-two;
    22    (d)  examples  of heroism, resilience, and service that emerged during
    23  and after 9/11 from people all over the world;
    24    (e) the global response to terrorism following the events of 9/11;

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    (f) understanding the enduring repercussions of  9/11  including,  but
     2  not  limited  to,  discussion of the balance between civil liberties and
     3  national security,  America's  response  to  confronting  and  combating
     4  discrimination post-9/11, and the social impacts that followed; and
     5    (g)  understanding  how  9/11  and  its  aftermath  contributed to the
     6  following in the United States and abroad:
     7    (i) Islamophobia and xenophobia  in  politics,  domestic  and  foreign
     8  policy/legislation, media, and general public attitudes;
     9    (ii) increase in hate crimes and discrimination; and
    10    (iii) the impact of Islamophobia, xenophobia, racism, religious intol-
    11  erance, and other forms of discrimination in society.
    12    4.  The  educational  resources  used in the curriculum or instruction
    13  shall be age appropriate, factually  accurate,  sourced  from  reputable
    14  sources  such as the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, and aid in
    15  students' understanding of what happened on 9/11 and in  its  aftermath,
    16  and the continuing importance of the attacks today.
    17    5.  Schools may include the curriculum or instruction required by this
    18  section as a component of its social studies curriculum or in any  other
    19  manner the school deems appropriate.
    20    §  2.  This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
    21  the date upon which it shall have become a law.  Effective  immediately,
    22  the  addition,  amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation neces-
    23  sary for the implementation of  this  act  on  its  effective  date  are
    24  authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.