S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     March 7, 2012
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       Introduced  by M. of A. BOYLAND -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Education
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring a multi-cul-
         tural 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 804-e
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S 804-E. MULTI-CULTURAL CURRICULUM. 1. ALL SCHOOLS INCLUDING ELEMENTA-
    4  RY SCHOOLS, JUNIOR  HIGH  SCHOOLS  AND  SENIOR  HIGH  SCHOOLS  SHALL  BE
    5  REQUIRED  TO TEACH A MULTI-CULTURAL CURRICULUM WHICH SHALL BE SET OUT IN
    6  RULES AND REGULATIONS TO BE PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
    7    2. IN FORMULATING THE  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  FOR  A  MULTI-CULTURAL
    8  CURRICULUM  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL ALLOW FOR AND SHALL IMPLEMENT RULES
    9  AND REGULATIONS WHICH CONSIDER THE DIFFERENCES IN THE CULTURAL  COMPOSI-
   10  TION  OF EACH SCHOOL AND THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ALLOW AND DIRECT SCHOOLS
   11  TO DO RESEARCH AND OBSERVATION ON THEIR OWN STUDENT  BODY  IN  ORDER  TO
   12  PARTICULARIZE  MULTI-CULTURAL  EDUCATION  TO  FIT SUCH EDUCATION TO SUCH
   13  SCHOOL.
   14    3. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ALSO PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS  WHICH
   15  SHALL SET OUT A TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAM IN ORDER TO TRAIN TEACHERS AND
   16  EDUCATORS  TO TEACH AND INTERACT WITH STUDENTS OF DIFFERENT CULTURAL AND
   17  ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS.
   18    S 2.   This act shall take effect  on  the  first  of  September  next
   19  succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD14882-01-2