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Jan 05, 2022 | referred to education |
Jan 28, 2021 | referred to education |
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A3723 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S4392
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §801-a, Ed L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2011-2012: S5834
2013-2014: A8019, S894
2015-2016: A1225, S1409
2017-2018: A3970, S3078
2019-2020: A2457, S4376
2023-2024: S5142
A3723 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3723 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 28, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to making certain provisions applicable to public schools relating to instruction in civility, citizenship and character education THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 801-a of the education law, as amended by chapter 102 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows: § 801-a. Instruction in civility, citizenship and character education. The regents shall ensure that the course of instruction in grades kindergarten through twelve includes a component on civility, citizen- ship and character education. Such component shall instruct students on the principles of honesty, tolerance, personal responsibility, respect for others, with an emphasis on discouraging acts of harassment, bully- ing, discrimination, observance of laws and rules, courtesy, dignity and other traits which will enhance the quality of their experiences in, and contributions to, the community. Such component shall include instruc- tion of safe, responsible use of the internet and electronic communi- cations. The regents shall determine how to incorporate such component in existing curricula and the commissioner shall promulgate any regu- lations needed to carry out such determination of the regents. For the purposes of this section FOR COURSES OF INSTRUCTION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, "tolerance," "respect for others" and "dignity" shall include awareness and sensitivity to harassment, bullying, discrimination and civility in the relations of people of different races, weights, national origins, ethnic groups, religions, religious practices, mental or physical abili- ties, sexual orientations, genders, and sexes. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06537-01-1