New York A 4638: Requires drug tests for potential employees of the office of mental health and the office for people with developmental disabilities

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A04638 Summary:

BILL NOA04638 

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SAME ASSAME AS S03334

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SPONSORLee (MS)

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COSPNSRBerger, Dinowitz, Levenberg, Cunningham, Tapia, Lunsford, Chang, Bores, Ramos, Bronson,
 Buttenschon, Jackson, Carroll P, Pheffer Amato, Torres, Sayegh, Septimo, Taylor, Gibbs, Clark,
 Mitaynes, Conrad, Stern, Weprin, Wright, Simone, Rivera, Forrest

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MLTSPNSRBichotte Hermelyn, Braunstein, Burdick, Colton, De Los Santos, Epstein, Glick, Gonzalez-Rojas,
 Hevesi, Kim, Mamdani, McDonough, Paulin, Raga, Rajkumar, Reyes, Rozic, Shimsky, Shrestha, Simon,
 Tague, Zaccaro

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Add §801-b, Ed L

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Requires the commissioner to establish Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander history and civic impact curriculum or instructions for school districts.

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BILL NOA04638 

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02/04/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4638

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 4, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. LEE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
 BICHOTTE HERMELYN, BRAUNSTEIN, BURDICK, COLTON, DE LOS SANTOS,
 EPSTEIN, GLICK, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, HEVESI, KIM, MAMDANI, McDONOUGH,
 PAULIN, RAGA, RAJKUMAR, RAMOS, REYES, ROZIC, SHIMSKY, SHRESTHA, SIMON,
 TAGUE, ZACCARO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring public
 elementary schools and high schools to provide instruction in Asian
 American history and civic impact

 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 801-b
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 801-b. Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander histo-
 4 ry and civic impact curriculum or instruction. 1. The commissioner shall
 5 establish Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander
 6 history and civic impact curriculum or instruction for school districts
 7 in accordance with the department's existing learning standards for
 8 social studies. The contents shall be age appropriate and shall be
 9 developed according to the needs and abilities of students at successive
 10 grade levels to provide robust Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and
 11 Pacific Islander history and civic impact curriculum or instruction,
 12 alongside community-based organizations and subject-matter experts, and
 13 shall be dissemenated to schools and districts. The contents shall
 14 include, but shall not be limited to, curriculum or instruction in the
 15 following:
 16 a. The history of diaspora of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and
 17 Pacific Islanders in New York and the Northeast;
 18 b. The movements and policies that impacted the Asian American, Native
 19 Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities in the United States;
 20 c. The contributions made by the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and
 21 Pacific Islander communities in government, the arts, humanities,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01669-04-5

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 1 science and the economic, cultural, social and political development of
 2 the United States;
 3 d. The structures and historical events that have limited or harmed
 4 the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander and other histor-
 5 ically marginalized communities especially as it pertains to the civil
 6 rights movement; and
 7 e. The solidarity between Asian American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific
 8 Islander and other historically marginalized communities especially as
 9 it pertains to the civil rights movement.
 10 2. Schools may include the above materials as components of its
 11 history or social studies curriculum, or any other way the school deems
 12 appropriate.
 13 3. The commissioner shall develop professional development training
 14 materials instructing teachers and school administrators on curricular
 15 implementation and shall annually update such recommendations concerning
 16 implementation.
 17 4. Within one year of the ef