Bill Text: NY A08527 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes the commissioner of education to conduct a study regarding courses of study on the Holocaust within the state.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to education [A08527 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A08527-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8527 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY June 19, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ROZIC, WEINSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT in relation to authorizing the commissioner of education to conduct a study regarding courses of study on the Holocaust within the state The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The commissioner of education is authorized and directed to 2 conduct a study regarding courses of study on the Holocaust within the 3 state. Such study shall focus on identifying which school districts 4 subject to section eight hundred one of the education law offer a course 5 of information on the Holocaust. 6 § 2. A report of the findings of such study and recommendations of the 7 commissioner of education shall be delivered to the governor, the tempo- 8 rary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the minority 9 leader of the senate and the minority leader of the assembly the first 10 of January following the effective date of this act. 11 § 3. The commissioner of education shall promulgate regulations to 12 ensure instruction on the Holocaust is provided at all schools in 13 compliance with section eight hundred one of the education law. 14 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10914-02-7
