Bill Text: NY S03001 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to instruction on the history of people with disabilities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S03001 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S03001-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3001
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 31, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sens.  FUNKE,  GALLIVAN, YOUNG -- 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 instruction on the
          history of people with disabilities
          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 has determined that
     2  it is necessary and appropriate to take steps to encourage greater know-
     3  ledge and to decrease bullying in our schools.
     4    In this regard, many states have already enacted school-based programs
     5  to improve the understanding and acceptance of children  with  disabili-
     6  ties.  The legislature now finds and declares that the New York Board of
     7  Regents should make available to students, teachers  and  administrators
     8  in  public  and  private  schools  resources that will encourage greater
     9  understanding and acceptance of children with disabilities as defined in
    10  section forty-four hundred one of the education law.
    11    § 2. Subdivision 5 of section 801 of the education law,  as  added  by
    12  chapter 265 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
    13    5.  The  regents  shall make available to all elementary and secondary
    14  schools in the state  [suitable  curriculum  materials  to]  educational
    15  materials  to  be distributed either by mail or electronically which aid
    16  in the instruction of pupils in grades kindergarten through [six] twelve
    17  in the understanding and acceptance of  children  with  disabilities  as
    18  defined  in section forty-four hundred one of this chapter.  The regents
    19  may consult with disability providers, the museum of disability,  educa-
    20  tional organizations or others as they may see fit.
    21    §  3.  This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
    22  the date on which it shall have become a law, and  shall  apply  to  all
    23  school years which commence on or after its effective date.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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