Assembly Bill A11044

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires the state university of New York and the city university of New York to establish courses of study on ethnic studies, women's studies, and social justice

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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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2019-A11044 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8867
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§208-b & 6204-b, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A3797, S663
2023-2024: S1452

2019-A11044 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the state university of New York and the city university of New York to establish courses of study on ethnic studies, women's studies, and social justice; requires students to complete at least one three-credit course on ethnic studies, women's studies, or social justice to graduate with a baccalaureate degree.

2019-A11044 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   11044
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              October 7, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Dickens) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring  regulations
   directing  the state university of New York and the city university of
   New York to establish courses of  study  on  ethnic  studies,  women's
   studies, and social justice

   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  208-b
 to read as follows:
   §  208-B.  COURSES  ON  ETHNIC  STUDIES,  WOMEN'S  STUDIES, AND SOCIAL
 JUSTICE.  1. THE COMMISSIONER AND THE BOARD OF  REGENTS  ARE  AUTHORIZED
 AND DIRECTED TO ESTABLISH RULES AND/OR REGULATIONS REQUIRING EACH INSTI-
 TUTION  OF  HIGHER  LEARNING IN NEW YORK STATE TO PROVIDE FOR COURSES IN
 ETHNIC STUDIES, WOMEN'S STUDIES, AND  SOCIAL  JUSTICE  IN  EACH  OF  ITS
 CAMPUSES  AND  REQUIRING,  AS  AN  UNDERGRADUATE GRADUATION REQUIREMENT,
 COMPLETION OF, AT A MINIMUM, ONE THREE-CREDIT COURSE IN ETHNIC  STUDIES,
 WOMEN'S STUDIES, OR SOCIAL JUSTICE.  SUCH REQUIREMENT SHALL NOT INCREASE
 THE  NUMBER  OF  UNITS  REQUIRED TO GRADUATE FROM THE INSTITUTION WITH A
 BACCALAUREATE DEGREE.  SUCH GRADUATION REQUIREMENT SHALL NOT APPLY TO  A
 POSTBACCALAUREATE  STUDENT  WHO  IS  ENROLLED  IN A BACCALAUREATE DEGREE
 PROGRAM AT AN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER LEARNING IF THE STUDENT  HAS  SATIS-
 FIED EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING:
   (A)  THE STUDENT HAS EARNED A BACCALAUREATE DEGREE FROM AN INSTITUTION
 ACCREDITED BY A REGIONAL ACCREDITING AGENCY.
   (B) THE STUDENT HAS COMPLETED AN ETHNIC STUDIES, WOMEN'S  STUDIES,  OR
 SOCIAL JUSTICE COURSE AT A POSTSECONDARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION ACCRED-
 ITED BY A REGIONAL ACCREDITING AGENCY.
   2.  THE  COMMISSIONER  AND  THE  BOARD  OF  REGENTS ARE AUTHORIZED AND
 DIRECTED TO DEVELOP CORE COMPETENCIES TO BE  ACHIEVED  BY  STUDENTS  WHO
 COMPLETE  AN  ETHNIC  STUDIES, WOMEN'S STUDIES, OR SOCIAL JUSTICE COURSE
 PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF  THIS  SECTION.  SUCH  CORE  COMPETENCIES
 SHALL  BE  INTENDED  TO  ENSURE  THAT STUDENTS OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER
 LEARNING IN NEW YORK ACQUIRE THE KNOWLEDGE AND  SKILLS  THAT  WILL  HELP
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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