New York A 1230: Requires LGBT awareness curriculum or instruction

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A01230 Summary:

BILL NOA01230 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSeawright

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COSPNSRReyes, Bronson, Lavine, Cruz, Otis, Dinowitz, Epstein, Anderson, Simon, Gonzalez-Rojas, Weprin,
 Glick, Rosenthal, Kelles

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §804-e, Ed L

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Requires LGBT awareness curriculum or instruction.

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BILL NOA01230 

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01/09/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

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There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1230

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 9, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. SEAWRIGHT, REYES, BRONSON, LAVINE, CRUZ, OTIS,
 DINOWITZ, EPSTEIN, ANDERSON, SIMON, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, WEPRIN, GLICK,
 ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring LGBT aware-
 ness curriculum or instruction

 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. LGBT awareness curriculum or instruction. 1. The commission-
 4 er, in consultation with any appropriate agency, shall establish curric-
 5 ulum or instruction for school districts in the historical treatment of
 6 lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and gender non-conforming individ-
 7 uals. The contents may be varied to meet the needs of particular school
 8 districts, or portions thereof, and need not be uniform throughout the
 9 state. The content shall be age appropriate and shall be developed
 10 according to the needs and abilities of pupils at successive grade
 11 levels in order to provide information, skills, and understanding of the
 12 historical treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and gender
 13 non-conforming individuals.
 14 2. Schools may include the above materials as a component of its
 15 social studies curriculum or any other way the school deems appropriate.
 16 § 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026 and shall apply to school
 17 years commencing on or after such date. Effective immediately, the addi-
 18 tion, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for
 19 the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized to
 20 be made and completed on or before such effective date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01031-01-5

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