Bill Text: NY S01254 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the commissioner of education to develop and implement an expanded curriculum or instruction on the history of the labor movement in the United States.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S01254 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S01254-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1254

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 11, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  MAY  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Education

        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring the  commis-
          sioner of education to develop and implement an expanded curriculum or
          instruction on the history of the labor movement in the United States

          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. History  of  the labor movement curriculum or instruction. 1.
     4  The commissioner, in consultation with  any  appropriate  agency,  shall
     5  establish  and/or  revise  the  curriculum  or  instruction  for  school
     6  districts in the history of both organized and unorganized labor in  the
     7  United  States,  expanding  any  current  curriculum  or  instruction to
     8  include a more complete picture of labor history and information on what
     9  the labor movement looks like currently. The content of such  curriculum
    10  or instruction shall be age appropriate and shall be developed according
    11  to the needs and abilities of pupils at successive grade levels in order
    12  to  provide  information and understanding of the history of both organ-
    13  ized and unorganized labor in the United States.
    14    2. Schools may include the above materials as  a  component  of  their
    15  social studies curriculum or any other way the school deems appropriate.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024 and shall apply to school
    17  years commencing on or after such date. Effective immediately, the addi-
    18  tion,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for
    19  the implementation of this act on its effective date are  authorized  to
    20  be made and completed on or before such effective date.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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