Bill Text: NY A00268 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires public schools to incorporate instruction in Indian Subcontinent/Indo-Caribbean studies into their existing curriculum.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to education [A00268 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A00268-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        268--A
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
                                      ___________
       Introduced by M. of A. MILLER -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on  Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted
         as amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN ACT to amend the education  law,  in  relation  to  requiring  public
         schools       to      incorporate      instruction      in      Indian
         Subcontinent/Indo-Caribbean studies into the existing curriculum
         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    S  801-B.  EDUCATION  REGARDING   INDIAN   SUBCONTINENT/INDO-CARIBBEAN
    4  STUDIES.  1.  ALL  PUBLIC  SCHOOLS SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO INCLUDE, AS AN
    5  INTEGRAL PART OF SOCIAL STUDIES  OR  LITERATURE,  INSTRUCTION  REGARDING
    6  INDIAN SUBCONTINENT/INDO-CARIBBEAN STUDIES. THE CONTENT MAY BE VARIED TO
    7  MEET  THE NEEDS OF PARTICULAR SCHOOL DISTRICTS, OR PORTIONS THEREOF, AND
    8  NEED NOT BE UNIFORM THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
    9    2.  AS  USED  IN  THIS  SECTION,  "INDIAN  SUBCONTINENT/INDO-CARIBBEAN
   10  STUDIES"  MEANS  EDUCATION  REGARDING  THE  HISTORY,  LITERATURE  AND/OR
   11  CULTURE OF GROUPS OF PERSONS HAVING ORIGINS IN THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT.
   12    3. THE REGENTS SHALL DETERMINE HOW TO INCORPORATE  SUCH  COMPONENT  IN
   13  EXISTING CURRICULA AND THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE ANY REGULATIONS
   14  NEEDED TO CARRY OUT SUCH DETERMINATION OF THE REGENTS AND TO ESTABLISH A
   15  CURRICULUM FOR INSTRUCTION IN INDIAN SUBCONTINENT/INDO-CARIBBEAN STUDIES
   16  TO BE AVAILABLE IN SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
   17    S  2.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all
   18  school years commencing on or after July 1, 2014.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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