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                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
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       Introduced by M. of A. MILLER -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Education
       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 first, two thousand fourteen.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01026-01-3