Bill Text: NY A09703 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires all text-books approved by this article to reference the Sea of Japan as also the East Sea.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-16 - referred to education [A09703 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A09703-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 9703 I N A S S E M B L Y May 16, 2014 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BRAUNSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring certain text-books to reference the Sea of Japan as also the East Sea THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 706 to 2 read as follows: 3 S 706. REFERENCE TO SEA OF JAPAN. ANY TEXT-BOOK APPROVED AND ISSUED 4 PURSUANT TO SECTION SEVEN HUNDRED ONE OF THIS ARTICLE WHICH REFERS TO 5 THE SEA OF JAPAN SHALL ALSO REFER TO SUCH SEA AS THE EAST SEA. 6 S 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2016 and shall apply to text- 7 books approved and issued on or after such date. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13988-08-4