Bill Text: NY S03407 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 3407 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires school boards of school districts with race-based mascots to, at least once annually, dedicate a portion of a meeting of such school board to the discussion of racial sensitivity.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S03407 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S03407-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          3407

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 29, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- 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  requiring  school
          boards  of  school districts with race-based mascots to, at least once
          annually, dedicate a portion of a meeting of such school board to  the
          discussion of racial sensitivity

          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 2002-a
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 2002-a. School  districts  with  race-based  mascots;  school  board
     4  discussion  of  racial  sensitivity.  1. As used in this section, "race-
     5  based mascot" shall mean any person, animal or object used to  represent
     6  a  school district which is derived from a specific race or ethnicity or
     7  is based on certain characteristics of a specific race or ethnicity.
     8    2. Any school board of a school district within  the  state  that  has
     9  adopted  a  race-based mascot and where such mascot is used to represent
    10  such school district publicly or privately, shall, at least once annual-
    11  ly, have one public meeting and dedicate a portion of  such  meeting  of
    12  such  school  board  to  the  discussion  of  racial sensitivity.   Such
    13  requirement shall be indefinite until a  school  district  disassociates
    14  completely with such race-based mascot.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04157-01-1