Senate Bill S1571

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Provides that all schools shall have a multi-cultural curriculum

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-S1571 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2205
Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง804-e, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S7335
2011-2012: S1148
2013-2014: S2834, A8027
2017-2018: S3111, A3292
2019-2020: S4382, A3029
2021-2022: S4655, A5131
2023-2024: S5221

2015-S1571 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that all schools shall have a multi-cultural curriculum.

2015-S1571 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S1571 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1571

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 13, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee 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:

  Section  1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 804-e
to read as follows:
  S 804-E. MULTI-CULTURAL CURRICULUM. 1. ALL SCHOOLS INCLUDING ELEMENTA-
RY SCHOOLS, JUNIOR  HIGH  SCHOOLS  AND  SENIOR  HIGH  SCHOOLS  SHALL  BE
REQUIRED  TO TEACH A MULTI-CULTURAL CURRICULUM WHICH SHALL BE SET OUT IN
RULES AND REGULATIONS TO BE PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
  2. IN FORMULATING THE  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  FOR  A  MULTI-CULTURAL
CURRICULUM  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL ALLOW FOR AND SHALL IMPLEMENT RULES
AND REGULATIONS WHICH CONSIDER THE DIFFERENCES IN THE CULTURAL  COMPOSI-
TION  OF EACH SCHOOL AND THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ALLOW AND DIRECT SCHOOLS
TO DO RESEARCH AND OBSERVATION ON THEIR OWN STUDENT  BODY  IN  ORDER  TO
PARTICULARIZE  MULTI-CULTURAL  EDUCATION  TO  FIT SUCH EDUCATION TO SUCH
SCHOOL.
  3. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ALSO PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS  WHICH
SHALL SET OUT A TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAM IN ORDER TO TRAIN TEACHERS AND
EDUCATORS  TO TEACH AND INTERACT WITH STUDENTS OF DIFFERENT CULTURAL AND
ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS.
  S 2.   This act shall take effect  on  the  first  of  September  next
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.
                                                           LBD06481-01-5


              

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