NY State Senate Bill 2017-S4364

Senate Bill S4364

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires a course of instruction on the provisions of the federalist papers and the United States constitution to be provided to high school students

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2017-S4364 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §801, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: S7261
2013-2014: S2134
2015-2016: S4509
2019-2020: S378
2021-2022: S4287
2023-2024: S2842

2017-S4364 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires a course of instruction on the provisions of the federalist papers and the United States constitution to be provided to high school students.

2017-S4364 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S4364              Revised 01/19/18

SPONSOR: LANZA
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the education law, in relation to
courses of instruction on the constitution of the United States and the
federalist papers

 
PURPOSE:

Requires a course of instruction on the provisions of the Federalist
Papers and the United States Constitution to be provided to high school
students

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section one amends subdivision 2 and 3 of section 801 of the education
law, subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 481 of the laws of 1949 and
subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 574 of the laws of 1997, are amended
and a new subdivision 6 is added.

Section two is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

We live in a country where the Constitution is a revered document, and
we live in a state where the Federalist Papers were helpful in the
passage of the Constitution. Even today the Federalist Papers serve as a
means to understand the intent behind the articles of the Constitution
and are sometimes used in judicial decisions, It is important for the
youth of New York State to learn about the rich and patriotic context of
the Federalist Papers in order to enrich their civic education and help
them become better citizens of this great state and country.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2017: S.4364- Referred to Education.
2016: S.4509- Referred to Education.
2015: S.4509- Referred to Education.
2014: S.2134- Referred to Education.
2012: S.7261- Referred to Finance.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding the date
on which it shall have become a law.

2017-S4364 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4364
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 10, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- 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 courses of instruction
   on the constitution of the United States and the federalist papers
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivisions 2 and 3 of section 801 of the education law,
 subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 481 of the laws of 1949 and subdivi-
 sion 3 as amended by chapter 574 of the laws of 1997, are amended and  a
 new subdivision 6 is added to read as follows:
   2.  The regents shall prescribe courses of instruction in the history,
 meaning, significance and effect of the provisions of  the  constitution
 of the United States, the amendments thereto, THE FEDERALIST PAPERS, the
 declaration  of  independence, the constitution of the state of New York
 and the amendments thereto, to be maintained and followed in all of  the
 schools  of  the  state.  The  boards  of  education and trustees of the
 several cities and school districts of the state shall require  instruc-
 tion  to  be  given  in  such  courses,  by the teachers employed in the
 schools therein. All pupils attending such schools, in  the  eighth  and
 higher grades, shall attend upon such instruction.
   Similar  courses  of instruction shall be prescribed and maintained in
 private schools in the state, and all pupils in such schools  in  grades
 or  classes  corresponding  to  the instruction in the eighth and higher
 grades of the public schools shall attend upon  such  courses.  If  such
 courses  are  not  so  established  and  maintained in a private school,
 attendance upon instruction in such school shall not be deemed  substan-
 tially  equivalent  to instruction given to pupils in the public schools
 of the city or district in which such pupils reside.
   3. The regents shall determine the subjects to  be  included  in  such
 courses  of  instruction  in  patriotism,  citizenship, and human rights
 issues, with particular attention to the  study  of  the  inhumanity  of
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD09892-01-7

 S. 4364                             2
 
 genocide,  slavery  (including  the  freedom trail and underground rail-
 road), the Holocaust, and the mass starvation in Ireland  from  1845  to
 1850,  and  in  the  history,  meaning,  significance  and effect of the
 provisions  of  the  constitution  of  the United States, the amendments
 thereto, THE FEDERALIST PAPERS, the  declaration  of  independence,  the
 constitution  of  the  state of New York and the amendments thereto, and
 the period of instruction in each of the grades in such  subjects.  They
 shall adopt rules providing for attendance upon such instruction and for
 such  other matters as are required for carrying into effect the objects
 and purposes of this section. The commissioner shall be responsible  for
 the  enforcement  of  such  section  and shall cause to be inspected and
 supervise the instruction to be given in such subjects. The commissioner
 may, in his discretion, cause all or a  portion  of  the  public  school
 money to be apportioned to a district or city to be withheld for failure
 of  the  school authorities of such district or city to provide instruc-
 tion in such courses and to compel attendance upon such instruction,  as
 herein  prescribed,  and  for  a  non-compliance  with  the rules of the
 regents adopted as herein provided.
   6. THE REGENTS SHALL ESTABLISH AND IMPLEMENT A COURSE  OF  INSTRUCTION
 ON  THE  HISTORY,  MEANING,  SIGNIFICANCE  AND  EFFECT OF THE FEDERALIST
 PAPERS AND THE PROVISIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED  STATES  AND
 ALL  AMENDMENTS THERETO. SUCH COURSE OF INSTRUCTION ESTABLISHED PURSUANT
 TO THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE PROVIDED  TO  ALL  PUPILS  IN  GRADES  NINE
 THROUGH TWELVE.
   §  2.  This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
 the date on which it shall have become a law.

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