New York S 4680: Requires a written determination to be made, on each application for issuance or renewal of a license to carry or possess a pistol or revolver, within 180 days of receipt

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S04680 Summary:

BILL NOS04680 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORMURRAY

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COSPNSRBORRELLO, PALUMBO, RHOADS, WEIK

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 15-D §§731 - 734, amd §§1501-b, 701 & 751, Ed L; amd §103, Pub Off L

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Requires school boards to make the final decision on whether to keep, remove, or restrict access to an instructional material in a school library; establishes a review process for formal complaints concerning instructional materials that are the subject of complaints.

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BILL NOS04680 

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02/11/2025REFERRED TO EDUCATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4680

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 11, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. MURRAY, BORRELLO, PALUMBO, RHOADS, WEIK -- read
 twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the
 Committee on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law and the public officers law, in
 relation to establishing the "public school instructional materials
 review and transparency act"

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

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "public
 2 school instructional materials review and transparency act".
 3 § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new article 15-D to read
 4 as follows:
 5 ARTICLE 15-D
 6 PUBLIC SCHOOL INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS REVIEW AND TRANSPARENCY ACT
 7 Section 731. Definitions.
 8 732. Informal complaint.
 9 733. Formal complaint.
 10 734. Accessible public database.
 11 § 731. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall
 12 have the following meanings:
 13 1. "Instructional material" means textbooks, workbooks, library
 14 volumes, audio-visual recordings, and any other instructional, curric-
 15 ulum, literary, resource, or support material.
 16 2. "Challenged material" means any instructional material for which an
 17 informal or formal complaint by a parent or guardian of a student who
 18 attends a school district has been made.
 19 3. "Informal complaint" means a process whereby a parent or guardian
 20 of a student who attends a school district requests of a teacher, school
 21 principal, or other school official, whether in writing or verbally,
 22 that an instructional material in use within the school district be
 23 reviewed by the teacher, school principal, or other school official for

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09059-01-5

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 1 appropriateness in the school setting and subsequently be discontinued
 2 or restricted in use by age or grade level, or be made subject to use by
 3 parental permission.
 4 4. "Formal complaint" means a written complaint by a parent or guardi-
 5 an of a student who attends a school district, to a school superinten-
 6 dent requesting that the school district review a challenged material in
 7 use within such school district for appropriateness in the school
 8 setting and subsequently discontinued or restricted in use by age or
 9 grade level, or be made subject to use by parental permission.
 10 5. "Review committee" means a temporary or standing review committee
 11 for each school district, whose members shall be appointed by the super-
 12 intendent or school board of each such school district for the purpose
 13 of reviewing formal complaints. Members of such committee shall include
 14 but not be limited to stakeholders of such school district, as deemed
 15 appropriate by the school board or superintendent. A list of such
 16 members shall be posted on the website of such school district and be
 17 made available to the public upon request.
 18 § 732. Informal complaint. Initial complaints regarding challenged
 19 material may be brought as an informal complaint by parents or guardians
 20 of students attending a school district to a teacher, department chair,
 21 principal of a school, assistant superintendent of a school district, or
 22 other school administrative