New York Assembly Bill A02559 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2559 2023-2024 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 26, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. COLTON, DAVILA, REYES, EPSTEIN, SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring instruction in Asian American and Pacific Islander history 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. Instruction in Asian American and Pacific Islander history. 4 1. Commencing with the two thousand twenty-four--two thousand twenty- 5 five school year, every public elementary school and high school shall 6 include as a required curriculum in each grade kindergarten through 7 twelfth grade a unit of instruction covering events of Asian American 8 and Pacific Islander history. 9 2. Instruction required by this section shall include but not be 10 limited to the following: 11 a. the history of Asian American and Pacific Islanders in New York 12 including their accomplishments in music, the arts, financial enter- 13 prise, government, science and culture; 14 b. the history of Asian Americans and their role in the construction 15 of the Continental Railroad; and 16 c. the contributions of Asian American and Pacific Islanders to the 17 cultural, political, social and economic development of the United 18 States. 19 3. a. The commissioner shall provide assistance in developing age-ap- 20 propriate curriculum for each grade. 21 b. The regents shall adopt rules for the curriculum course required 22 to effectuate such courses of studies as an appropriate part of the 23 curriculum for Asian American and Pacific Islander studies. 24 4. The commissioner shall make available to all public schools suit- 25 able educational materials to effectuate the purposes of this section in EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00931-01-3 
 A. 2559 2 1 Asian American and Pacific Islanders studies and shall make rules and 2 regulations governing such courses of study. 3 5. The commissioner shall be responsible for enforcing the provisions 4 of this section. 5 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding 6 the date upon which it shall have become a law.