Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Feb 06, 2020 |
referred to higher education |
Assembly Bill A9707
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
MOSLEY
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2019-A9707 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Higher Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add Art 129-C §6450, Ed L
2019-A9707 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 9707 I N A S S E M B L Y February 6, 2020 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. MOSLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to Title VI training for certain colleges or universities in New York state THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new article 129-C to read as follows: ARTICLE 129-C TITLE VI TRAINING SECTION 6450. TITLE VI TRAINING. § 6450. TITLE VI TRAINING. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "INSTITU- TION" SHALL MEAN ANY COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY CHARTERED BY THE REGENTS OR INCORPORATED BY SPECIAL ACT OF THE LEGISLATURE THAT MAINTAINS A CAMPUS IN NEW YORK. 2. EVERY INSTITUTION SHALL REQUIRE ALL EMPLOYEES WHO ARE LIKELY TO INTERACT OR COME INTO CONTACT WITH STUDENTS TO UNDERGO A TRAINING PROGRAM IN TITLE VI OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF NINETEEN HUNDRED SIXTY- FOUR. SUCH TRAINING PROGRAM SHALL BE APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT, AND SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE DEFINITION OF ANTISEMITISM ADOPTED ON MAY TWENTY-SIX, TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN, BY THE INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE ALLIANCE, WHICH STATES, "ANTISEMITISM IS A CERTAIN PERCEPTION OF JEWS, WHICH MAY BE EXPRESSED AS HATRED TOWARD JEWS. RHET- ORICAL AND PHYSICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF ANTISEMITISM ARE DIRECTED TOWARD JEWISH OR NON-JEWISH INDIVIDUALS AND/OR THEIR PROPERTY, TOWARD JEWISH COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS AND RELIGIOUS FACILITIES". THE TRAINING PROGRAM MAY BE DEVELOPED BY A FEDERAL, STATE, OR NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION, AND MAY BE INCORPORATED AS PART OF THE INSTITUTION'S EXISTING TRAINING PROGRAMS OR MAY BE PROVIDED BY ORGANIZATIONS OR PROVIDERS IDENTIFIED BY THE DEPARTMENT. 3. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL MAKE AVAILABLE NO MORE THAN SIX MONTHS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION A LIST OF APPROVED CULTURAL SENSITIV- ITY AND DIVERSITY TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR USE BY INSTITUTIONS. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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