Assembly Bill A8777

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Prohibits discrimination of students on school property or at a school function based on religious attire

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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-A8777 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§11 & 12, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A2602
2023-2024: A1994

2019-A8777 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits discrimination of students on school property or at a school function based on religious attire.

2019-A8777 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8777
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             November 25, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. FALL -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting  discrimi-
   nation of students on school property or at a school function based on
   religious attire
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 11 of the education law is amended by adding a  new
 subdivision 11 to read as follows:
   11.  "RELIGIOUS  ATTIRE" SHALL MEAN ANY ATTIRE, CLOTHING, OR HAIRSTYLE
 WORN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF AN INDIVIDUAL'S RELIGION.
   § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 12 of the education law, as  amended  by
 chapter 102 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  No student shall be subjected to harassment or bullying by employ-
 ees or students on school property or at a school  function;  nor  shall
 any student be subjected to discrimination based on a person's actual or
 perceived  race, color, weight, national origin, ethnic group, religion,
 religious practice, RELIGIOUS ATTIRE,  disability,  sexual  orientation,
 gender,  or sex by school employees or students on school property or at
 a school function. Nothing in this subdivision  shall  be  construed  to
 prohibit  a  denial  of  admission  into, or exclusion from, a course of
 instruction based on a person's gender that would be  permissible  under
 section  thirty-two hundred one-a or paragraph (a) of subdivision two of
 section twenty-eight hundred fifty-four of this chapter and title IX  of
 the  Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. section 1681, et. seq.), or
 to prohibit, as discrimination based on disability, actions  that  would
 be permissible under section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14088-01-9

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