New York A 2484: Relates to requirements for a course of instruction relating to the Holocaust and genocide

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A02484 Summary:

BILL NOA02484 

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SAME ASSAME AS S08191

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SPONSORStern

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COSPNSRSayegh, Carroll P

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Amd §801, add §801-b, Ed L

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Provides specific requirements for a course of instruction relating to the Holocaust and genocide.

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BILL NOA02484 

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01/17/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2484

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 17, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. STERN -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requirements for a
 course of instruction relating to the Holocaust and genocide

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 3 of section 801 of the education law,
 2 as amended by section 27 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2020,
 3 are amended to read as follows:
 4 1. In order to promote a spirit of patriotic and civic service and
 5 obligation and to foster in the children of the state moral and intel-
 6 lectual qualities which are essential in preparing to meet the obli-
 7 gations of citizenship in peace or in war, the regents of The University
 8 of the State of New York shall prescribe courses of instruction in
 9 patriotism, citizenship, civic education and values, our shared history
 10 of diversity, the role of religious tolerance in this country, and human
 11 rights issues, with particular attention to the study of the inhumanity
 12 of genocide, slavery (including the freedom trail and underground rail-
 13 road), the Holocaust, and the mass starvation in Ireland from 1845 to
 14 1850, in accordance with section eight hundred one-b of this article, to
 15 be maintained and followed in all the schools of the state. The boards
 16 of education and trustees of the several cities and school districts of
 17 the state shall require instruction to be given in such courses, by the
 18 teachers employed in the schools therein. All pupils attending such
 19 schools, over the age of eight years, shall attend upon such instruc-
 20 tion.
 21 Similar courses of instruction shall be prescribed and maintained in
 22 private schools in the state, and all pupils in such schools over eight
 23 years of age shall attend upon such courses. If such courses are not so
 24 established and maintained in a private school, attendance upon instruc-
 25 tion in such school shall not be deemed substantially equivalent to

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01461-01-5

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 1 instruction given to pupils of like age in the public schools of the
 2 city or district in which such pupils reside.
 3 3. The regents shall determine the subjects to be included in such
 4 courses of instruction in patriotism, citizenship, civic education and
 5 values, our shared history of diversity, the role of history of diversi-
 6 ty, the role of religious tolerance in this country, and human rights
 7 issues, with particular attention to the study of the inhumanity of
 8 genocide, slavery (including the freedom trail and underground rail-
 9 road), the Holocaust, and the mass starvation in Ireland from 1845 to
 10 1850, in accordance with section eight hundred one-b of this article,
 11 and in the history, meaning, significance and effect of the provisions
 12 of the constitution of the United States, the amendments thereto, the
 13 declaration of independence, the constitution of the state of New York
 14 and the amendments thereto, and the period of instruction in each of the
 15 grades in such subjects. They shall adopt rules providing for attendance
 16 upon such instruction and for such other matters as are required for
 17 carrying into effect the objects and purposes of this section. The
 18 commissioner shall be responsible for the enforcement of such section
 19 and shall cause to be inspected and supervise the instruction to be
 20 given in such subjects