Bill Text: NY S07198 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Establishes an educational program related to the prevention of anti-Semitism, Islamophobia bias and discrimination based on religion, race, sexual orientation or gender identity or expression.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-24 - PRINT NUMBER 7198C [S07198 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S07198-Amended.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                         7198--C

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 10, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced by Sens. KAPLAN, GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and  when  printed  to  be  committed to the Committee on Education --
          committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
          recommitted  to  said committee -- committee discharged, bill amended,
          ordered reprinted as amended and  recommitted  to  said  committee  --
          committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
          recommitted to said committee

        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing an educa-
          tional program related to the prevention of anti-Semitism,  Islamopho-
          bia  bias  and  discrimination  based on religion, race, sexual orien-
          tation or gender identity or expression

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 59 to read as follows:
     3    59.  Notwithstanding  any  other provision of law to the contrary, and
     4  subject to an appropriation,  the  department  shall  contract  with  an
     5  outside  entity  who  has  expertise in the prevention of anti-Semitism,
     6  Islamophobia bias and discrimination based  on  religion,  race,  sexual
     7  orientation  or gender identity or expression to establish an anti-Semi-
     8  tism, Islamophobia bias  and  discrimination  prevention  and  education
     9  program  overseen  by  such department. The commissioner shall work with
    10  such outside entity, to establish and  develop  an  educational  program
    11  within  such  department  related  to  the  prevention of anti-Semitism,
    12  Islamophobia bias and discrimination based  on  religion,  race,  sexual
    13  orientation  or  gender  identity  or  expression in grades kindergarten
    14  through twelve. Such program shall be further defined  by  such  commis-
    15  sioner  in regulation and shall be designed to educate students, parents
    16  and school personnel about the prevention of anti-Semitism, Islamophobia
    17  bias and discrimination based on religion, race, sexual  orientation  or
    18  gender identity or expression.  Such commissioner, in collaboration with
    19  any  other  stakeholder  groups deemed appropriate by such commissioner,
    20  shall develop:

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14682-07-0

        S. 7198--C                          2

     1    a. the anti-Semitism, Islamophobia bias and discrimination  prevention
     2  and  education  program  prepared by an outside expert organization into
     3  age-appropriate model curriculum resources,  including  exemplar  lesson
     4  plans,  and  best practice instructional resources for students, parents
     5  and  school  personnel  designed  to prevent anti-Semitism, Islamophobia
     6  bias and discrimination based on religion, race, sexual  orientation  or
     7  gender  identity or expression. Such model curriculum, resources, lesson
     8  plans and instructional resources shall include but not  be  limited  to
     9  guidelines  and  methods  of prevention, indicators and warning signs of
    10  anti-Semitism, Islamophobia bias and discrimination based  on  religion,
    11  race,  sexual  orientation  or gender identity or expression, guidelines
    12  and methods to prevent anti-Semitism, Islamophobia  bias  and  discrimi-
    13  nation based on religion, race, sexual orientation or gender identity or
    14  expression  and  how to report complaints of anti-Semitism, Islamophobia
    15  bias and discrimination based on religion, race, sexual  orientation  or
    16  gender  identity  or  expression.    Such model curriculum shall be made
    17  available to school boards, school superintendents,  their  equivalents,
    18  and  teachers for voluntary implementation in social studies classes and
    19  in social studies coursework;
    20    b. instructional tools and materials for students, parents and  school
    21  personnel,  which  shall  include  updated  information on how to report
    22  incidents of anti-Semitism, Islamophobia bias and  discrimination  based
    23  on  religion, race, sexual orientation or gender identity or expression,
    24  with a review of such information to occur  periodically,  at  intervals
    25  deemed appropriate by such commissioner; and
    26    c.  public availability of all materials related to the anti-Semitism,
    27  Islamophobia bias and discrimination prevention and education program on
    28  such department's website in Spanish, Creole, Mandarin, Korean,  Bengali
    29  and  any  other  language  predominantly spoken by the population of the
    30  state.
    31    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July  next  succeeding
    32  the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the
    33  addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
    34  for the implementation of this act on its effective date are  authorized
    35  to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
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