Bill Text: NY S02727 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires instruction regarding symbols of hate, including the swastika and the noose, to be incorporated into the curricula for grades six through twelve.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-25 - RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN [S02727 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-S02727-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2727 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 22, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sens. KAMINSKY, ADDABBO, BIAGGI, BROOKS, GAUGHRAN, GOUNARDES, HOYLMAN, JACKSON, KAPLAN, KRUEGER, LIU, MAYER, MYRIE, PERSAUD, SALAZAR, SANDERS, SKOUFIS, THOMAS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Educa- tion AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring instruction regarding symbols of hate The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Legislative findings. The legislature hereby finds the 2 recent spike in hate crimes across our state and nation as a whole to be 3 highly disturbing and a societal epidemic in need of remedy. As many of 4 our youth are not aware of the hateful connotations behind swastikas and 5 nooses, it is necessary for the legislature to mandate compulsory educa- 6 tion in all schools across our great state in regard to the meanings of 7 these two symbols of hate. Requiring students be educated in the signif- 8 icance of these displays of bigotry will go a long way toward fostering 9 a more inclusive and tolerant society for all. 10 § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 801-b to 11 read as follows: 12 § 801-b. Instruction regarding symbols of hate. The regents shall 13 ensure that the course of instruction for grades six through twelve 14 includes a component on the meaning of the swastika as the emblem of 15 Nazi Germany, as well as the noose as a symbol of racism and intim- 16 idation. The regents shall determine how to incorporate such components 17 into existing curricula, and the commissioner shall promulgate any regu- 18 lations needed to carry out such determination of the regents. 19 § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of September next 20 succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01151-01-1