New York A 6746: Provides for inclusive instruction and instructional materials

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A06746 Summary:

BILL NOA06746A

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SAME ASSAME AS S06806

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SPONSORSimone

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COSPNSRBronson, Epstein, Glick, Hevesi, Reyes, Simon, Shimsky

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §804-e, Ed L

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Requires school districts and charter schools to establish a task force to make recommendations on model curriculum or instruction on the political, economic, and social contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual people, in an appropriate place in the curriculum of middle school and high school students.

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BILL NOA06746A

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03/11/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

04/24/2026amend (t) and recommit to education

04/24/2026print number 6746a

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6746--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 11, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SIMONE, BRONSON, GLICK, HEVESI, REYES, SIMON --
 read once and referred to the Committee on Education -- recommitted to
 the Committee on Education in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2
 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
 and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to inclusive instruction
 and instructional materials

 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 804-e
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 804-e. Task force on model curriculum or instruction of the poli-
 4 tical, economic, and social contributions of the LGBTQIA community. 1.
 5 There is hereby created a task force to study and make recommendations
 6 on model curriculum or instruction of the political, economic, and
 7 social contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer,
 8 intersex, and asexual people, in an appropriate place in the curriculum
 9 of middle school and high school students. The task force shall also
 10 study and make recommendations on policies, procedures and best prac-
 11 tices for the selection and adoption of inclusive instructional materi-
 12 als for such model curriculum.
 13 2. The task force shall be composed of eleven members to be appointed
 14 as follows:
 15 (a) two members shall be appointed by the governor;
 16 (b) two members shall be appointed by the temporary president of the
 17 senate;
 18 (c) two members shall be appointed by the speaker of the assembly;
 19 (d) one member shall be appointed by the minority leader of the
 20 senate;
 21 (e) one member shall be appointed by the minority leader of the assem-
 22 bly;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06205-03-6

 A. 6746--A 2

 1 (f) two members shall be appointed by the chancellor of the board of
 2 regents; and
 3 (g) one member shall be the commissioner or appointed designee thereof
 4 who shall serve as chairperson of the task force.
 5 3. All appointments to the task force shall be submitted no later than
 6 one hundred twenty days after the effective date of this subdivision.
 7 Vacancies in the membership of the task force shall be filled within
 8 thirty days in the same manner provided for original appointments.
 9 Appointed members shall be chosen with due regard to broad ethnic, sexu-
 10 al orientation, and gender identity or expression diversity and shall
 11 have a demonstrated educational background in the history of the poli-
 12 tical, economic, and social contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual,
 13 transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual people.
 14 4. The members of the task force shall serve without compensation but
 15 shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the performance
 16 of their duties.
 17 5. The task force shall study and prepare a report on model curriculum
 18 or instruction, policies, procedures and best practices to provide an
 19 inclusive curriculum on the political, economic, and social contrib-
 20 utions of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and
 21 asexual people. The r