Bill Text: NY S00285 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Adds arts and music education as a common school branch that should be incorporated into the public school curriculum to provide a more well-rounded education for children.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-13)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S00285 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S00285-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           285

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 4, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sens. MAY, ADDABBO, BORRELLO, COONEY, GALLIVAN, HARCKHAM,
          HELMING, HINCHEY, HOYLMAN, JACKSON, MANNION, MYRIE, OBERACKER,  PALUM-
          BO,  PERSAUD, SALAZAR, SEPULVEDA, STAVISKY, THOMAS, WEIK -- 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 adding arts and  music
          education into the curriculum for public school students

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Legislative intent. The legislature hereby finds that  arts
     2  and  music education exposure has developmental benefits to children and
     3  adolescents, and is an essential component to providing  a  well-rounded
     4  education to all of the state of New York's public school students. Past
     5  studies have shown that arts and music education has a significant posi-
     6  tive   impact  on  all  students,  including  traditionally  underserved
     7  students. It is the legislature's intent to ensure that arts  and  music
     8  education shall be incorporated into the public school curriculum.
     9    §  2. Subparagraphs 1 and 2 of paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section
    10  3204 of the education law, subparagraph 1 as amended by  chapter  14  of
    11  the  laws  of  1958  and subparagraph 2 as amended by chapter 124 of the
    12  laws of 1951, are amended to read as follows:
    13    (1) The course of study for the first eight years of full time  public
    14  day schools shall provide for instruction in at least the [twelve] thir-
    15  teen  common  school branches of arithmetic, reading, spelling, writing,
    16  the English language, geography, United States history, civics, hygiene,
    17  arts and music, physical training, the history of  New  York  state  and
    18  science.
    19    (2)  The courses of study and of specialized training beyond the first
    20  eight years of full time public day schools shall provide  for  instruc-
    21  tion  in  at least the English language and its use, in civics, hygiene,

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00469-01-3
        S. 285                              2

     1  physical training, arts and music, and American  history  including  the
     2  principles  of  government proclaimed in the Declaration of Independence
     3  and established by the constitution of the United States.
     4    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.