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Assembly Bill A7495

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Authorizes and directs the commissioner of education and the regents of the university of the state of New York to study and improve Holocaust education within the state

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2019-A7495 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education

2019-A7495 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes and directs the commissioner of education and the regents of the university of the state of New York to improve Holocaust education, make funds available for more Holocaust related events, conduct studies on Holocaust education levels, and to republish certain textbooks on the Holocaust.

2019-A7495 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7495
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 7, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. ROZIC -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Education
 
 AN ACT authorizing and directing the commissioner of education  and  the
   regents  of  the  university  of  the  state  of New York to study and
   improve Holocaust education within the state

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  commissioner of education is authorized and directed
 to:
   (a) provide outreach, and additional  resources  to  school  districts
 across  the  state  concerning  course work, instruction, and curriculum
 related to the Holocaust;
   (b) make funds available via grants  to  school  districts  for  guest
 speakers,  events,  lectures,  field  trips,  and other items related to
 enhancing education concerning the Holocaust;
   (c) engage in a public education campaign relating to the Holocaust;
   (d) conduct a study to determine the general  public's  knowledge  and
 understanding  concerning the events of the Holocaust and issue a report
 detailing such findings and recommendations concerning  the  citizenry's
 familiarity  with  the  facts and history surrounding the Holocaust. The
 commissioner shall issue such report  to  the  governor,  the  temporary
 president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the minority lead-
 er of the senate and the minority leader of the assembly by the first of
 January following the effective date of this act;
   (e)  conduct  a  study  regarding courses of study on the Holocaust in
 educational institutions within the state. Such  study  shall  focus  on
 identifying  whether school districts are providing a course of study or
 instruction on the Holocaust. A report of the findings of such study and
 recommendations of the commissioner of education shall be  delivered  to
 the  governor, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the
 assembly, the minority leader of the senate and the minority  leader  of

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

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