New York Senate Bill 6687 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on May 12 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION
Pending: Senate Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Requires school districts to have diversity officers to develop methods to diversify the personnel of the school district and to recommend changes to district policies and practices to reduce racial disparities in hiring school district employees, particularly teachers; requires boards of education to annually report information regarding such policies and practices to the department of education; requires the department of education to annually report such information to the legislature.

Requires school districts to have diversity officers to develop methods to diversify the personnel of the school district and to recommend changes to district policies and practices to reduce racial disparities in hiring school district employees, particularly teachers; requires boards of education to annually report information regarding such policies and practices to the department of education; requires the department of education to annually report such information to the legislature.

Sen. Luis Sepulveda [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-01-05	Senate	REFERRED TO EDUCATION
2021-05-12	Senate	REFERRED TO EDUCATION

A06204 (Same As) 2022-01-05 - referred to education

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S6687
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S06687&term=2021&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#S06687