Bill Text: NY S01478 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires LGBT awareness curriculum or instruction.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S01478 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S01478-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1478
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 15, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN -- 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 LGBT  aware-
          ness curriculum or instruction
          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. LGBT awareness curriculum or instruction. 1. The commission-
     4  er, in consultation with any appropriate agency, shall establish curric-
     5  ulum or instruction for school districts in the historical treatment  of
     6  lesbian,  gay,  bisexual, transgender and gender non-conforming individ-
     7  uals. The contents may be varied to meet the needs of particular  school
     8  districts,  or  portions thereof, and need not be uniform throughout the
     9  state. The content shall be  age  appropriate  and  shall  be  developed
    10  according  to  the  needs  and  abilities  of pupils at successive grade
    11  levels in order to provide information, skills, and understanding of the
    12  historical treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender  and  gender
    13  non-conforming individuals.
    14    2.  Schools  may  include  the  above  materials as a component of its
    15  social studies curriculum or any other way the school deems appropriate.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020 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 and
    20  directed to 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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