New York S 7045: Defines antisemitism for purposes of the education law

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S07045 Summary:

BILL NOS07045 

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SAME ASSAME AS A04758-A

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SPONSORCANZONERI-FITZPATRICK

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §115, Ed L

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Defines antisemitism for purposes of certain reviews of practices by the department of education.

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BILL NOS07045 

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03/31/2025REFERRED TO EDUCATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 7045

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 31, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK -- read twice and ordered
 printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Educa-
 tion

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to defining antisemitism

 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 115 to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 115. Antisemitism. In reviewing, investigating, or deciding whether
 4 there has been a violation of any state law, rule, or regulation or of
 5 title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.) on
 6 the basis of race, color, or national origin, based on an individual's
 7 actual or perceived shared Jewish ancestry or Jewish ethnic character-
 8 istics, the department shall take into consideration as part of the
 9 department's assessment whether the practice is defined as antisemitism
 10 as such term is defined under the International Holocaust Remembrance
 11 Alliance on May twenty-sixth, two thousand sixteen, including contempo-
 12 rary examples of antisemitism.
 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06465-03-5

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