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Jan 05, 2022 | referred to education |
Jan 06, 2021 | referred to education |
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Karines Reyes
Harry B. Bronson
Charles Lavine
Dan Quart
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Steven Englebright
A817 (ACTIVE) - Details
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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 817 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 6, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SEAWRIGHT, REYES, BRONSON, LAVINE, QUART, GOTT- FRIED, CRUZ, OTIS, DINOWITZ -- read once and referred 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: Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 804-e to read as follows: § 804-E. LGBT AWARENESS CURRICULUM OR INSTRUCTION. 1. THE COMMISSION- ER, IN CONSULTATION WITH ANY APPROPRIATE AGENCY, SHALL ESTABLISH CURRIC- ULUM OR INSTRUCTION FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE HISTORICAL TREATMENT OF LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER AND GENDER NON-CONFORMING INDIVID- UALS. THE CONTENTS MAY BE VARIED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF PARTICULAR SCHOOL DISTRICTS, OR PORTIONS THEREOF, AND NEED NOT BE UNIFORM THROUGHOUT THE STATE. THE CONTENT SHALL BE AGE APPROPRIATE AND SHALL BE DEVELOPED ACCORDING TO THE NEEDS AND ABILITIES OF PUPILS AT SUCCESSIVE GRADE LEVELS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE INFORMATION, SKILLS, AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE HISTORICAL TREATMENT OF LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER AND GENDER NON-CONFORMING INDIVIDUALS. 2. SCHOOLS MAY INCLUDE THE ABOVE MATERIALS AS A COMPONENT OF ITS SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULUM OR ANY OTHER WAY THE SCHOOL DEEMS APPROPRIATE. § 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022 and shall apply to school years commencing on or after such date. Effective immediately, the addi- tion, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized 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. LBD05311-01-1