NY State Senate Bill S2428

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Jan 20, 2023	referred to education

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S2428 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7672
Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Add §804-e, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S8676
2019-2020: S1478, A4744
2021-2022: S1729, A817

S2428 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires LGBT awareness curriculum or instruction.

S2428 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S2428

SPONSOR: HOYLMAN-SIGAL
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the education law, in relation to requiring LGBT aware-
ness curriculum or instruction

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 adds a new section 804-e to the education law that instructs
the commissioner, in consultation with any appropriate agency, to estab-
lish curriculum or instruction for school districts in the historical
treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and gender non-conform-
ing individuals. 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 historic treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and
gender non-conforming individuals.

Schools may include these materials as a component of its social studies
curriculum or any other way the school deems appropriate.

Section 2 is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

This bill instructs the State Education Commissioner to develop instruc-
tional or curriculum materials on the historical treatment of LGBT indi-
viduals for adoption by school districts.

LGBT people have faced enormous odds and deep societal marginalization
in recent decades, which has manifested in pervasive secrecy, shame,
violence, and ultimately, activism. Despite our country's enormous
progress toward reaching full LGBT equality today, institutional barri-
ers and individual attitudes against LGBT rights persist.

The history of the modern LGBT rights movement is closely tied to New
York and particularly Greenwich Village, where the Stonewall riots
occurred in 1969, Julius' Sip-In took place in 1966, and the group ACT-
UP formed to fight AIDS in 1987. Instruction in LGBT history could cover
these and other topics of national relevance such as Anita Bryant's Save
Our Children campaign - the first organized opposition to the gay rights
movement that developed in response to an LGBT anti-discrimination bill
in Florida in the 1970s; or the Briggs Initiative - a failed California
ballot initiative in 1978 that would have banned gays and lesbians and
those who supported them from working in public schools.

Students should be exposed to the historic treatment of LGBT people,
because those who do not study and remember our past are doomed to
repeat and forget it. This lesson is increasingly clear as we watch
certain states and the federal government attempt to roll back hard-
fought protections for LGBT people. Further, studies have shown that
young people who learn about intolerance are less likely to engage in
intolerant behaviors.

This legislation will provide critical tools for teachers to cover this
important piece of contemporary history. Illinois has passed similar
legislation, and California includes LGBT history in its textbooks. New
York should join them by providing instruction in LGBT history to its
students.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

S.1729 of 2021-2022 (Hoylman): Died in Education

A.0817 of 2021-2022 (Seawright): Died in Education

S.1478 of 2019-2020 (Hoylman): Died in Education

A.4744 of 2019-2020 (Seawright): Died in Education

S.8676 of 2017-2018 (Hoylman): Died in Education

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect July 1, 2023 and shall apply to school years
commencing on or after such date.

S2428 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2428
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 20, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  HOYLMAN-SIGAL,  RAMOS,  SALAZAR -- read twice and
   ordered printed, and when printed to be committed 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, 2024 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.
                                                            LBD00374-01-3

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Brad Hoylman-Sigal

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee

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Jessica Ramos

Julia Salazar

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