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                                   9452
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 7, 2022
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 Introduced by M. of A. COLTON -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Education
 
 AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring instruction
   in Asian American and Pacific Islander history
 
   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 801-b
 to read as follows:
   § 801-B. INSTRUCTION IN  ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER  HISTORY.
 1.  COMMENCING  WITH THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-
 FOUR SCHOOL YEAR, EVERY PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND HIGH  SCHOOL  SHALL
 INCLUDE  AS  A  REQUIRED  CURRICULUM  IN EACH GRADE KINDERGARTEN THROUGH
 TWELFTH GRADE A UNIT OF INSTRUCTION COVERING EVENTS  OF  ASIAN  AMERICAN
 AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HISTORY.
   2.  INSTRUCTION  REQUIRED  BY  THIS  SECTION  SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE
 LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING:
   A. THE HISTORY OF ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC  ISLANDERS  IN  NEW  YORK
 INCLUDING  THEIR  ACCOMPLISHMENTS  IN  MUSIC, THE ARTS, FINANCIAL ENTER-
 PRISE, GOVERNMENT, SCIENCE AND CULTURE;
   B. THE HISTORY OF ASIAN AMERICANS AND THEIR ROLE IN  THE  CONSTRUCTION
 OF THE CONTINENTAL RAILROAD; AND
   C.  THE  CONTRIBUTIONS  OF ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS TO THE
 CULTURAL, POLITICAL, SOCIAL  AND  ECONOMIC  DEVELOPMENT  OF  THE  UNITED
 STATES.
   3.  A. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROVIDE ASSISTANCE IN DEVELOPING AGE-AP-
 PROPRIATE CURRICULUM FOR EACH GRADE.
   B.  THE REGENTS SHALL ADOPT RULES FOR THE CURRICULUM  COURSE  REQUIRED
 TO  EFFECTUATE  SUCH  COURSES  OF  STUDIES AS AN APPROPRIATE PART OF THE
 CURRICULUM FOR ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER STUDIES.
   4. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL MAKE AVAILABLE TO ALL PUBLIC  SCHOOLS  SUIT-
 ABLE EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS TO EFFECTUATE THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION IN
 ASIAN  AMERICAN  AND  PACIFIC ISLANDERS STUDIES AND SHALL MAKE RULES AND
 REGULATIONS GOVERNING SUCH COURSES OF STUDY.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14737-01-2

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   5. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ENFORCING THE  PROVISIONS
 OF THIS SECTION.
   §  2.  This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
 the date upon which it shall have become a law.