NY State Senate Bill 2019-S2963

Senate Bill S2963

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Authorizes the commissioner of education to conduct a study regarding courses of study on the Holocaust within the state

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Delivered to Governor
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2019-S2963 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A2182
Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S5530, A8527
2021-2022: S121, A472

2019-S2963 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the commissioner of education to conduct a study regarding courses of study on the Holocaust within the state.

2019-S2963 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S2963

SPONSOR: KAPLAN
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act in relation to authorizing the commissioner of education to
conduct a study regarding courses of study on the Holocaust within the
state

 
PURPOSE:

To require the commissioner of education to submit a report to the
governor and legislature regarding compliance with the requirement to
provide a course of study on the holocaust and to authorize the commis-
sioner to promulgate regulations to ensure school districts are provid-
ing such instruction.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section I authorizes the commissioner of education to conduct a study to
determine which school districts are offering instruction on the holo-

caust in compliance with section 801 of the education law.

Sections II provides that commissioner shall provide a report on the
findings of such study by the first of January after this act has become
law.

Section III directs the commissioner to promulgate rules and regulations
ensuring school districts are offering instruction on the holocaust in
compliance with section 801 of the education law

Section IV sets forth the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

It is not lost on us that the horrors of the Holocaust are not forgotten
with this year's International Holocaust Remembrance Day marking only 72
years since the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.  Every moment we have
to honor the innocent lives lost at the hands of state-sponsored perse-
cution and murder is a step forward in condemning hate and violence
rooted in intolerance and oppression.  Not only is it our societal
responsibility to commemorate the lives lost, we must continue making
conscious efforts to educate future generations on how important human
rights declarations are in the prevention of genocide.

Recent news stories have featured a controversial high school assignment
in which students were instructed to provide their "Nazi point of view"
in support of the Holocaust. This troubling assignment comes amidst a
rise of anti-Semitic vandalism and threats of violence against our
communities. Passage of this legislation would ensure that all of our
children are accurately taught about this moment in history so that we
can truly live up to our pledge of never again.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2018: A8527/S. 5530 Passed Senate

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2019-S2963 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2963
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 31, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  KAPLAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT in relation to  authorizing  the  commissioner  of  education  to
   conduct a study regarding courses of study on the Holocaust within the
   state

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The commissioner of education is authorized and directed to
 conduct a study regarding courses of study on the Holocaust  within  the
 state.  Such  study  shall  focus  on identifying which school districts
 subject to section eight hundred one of the education law offer a course
 of information on the Holocaust.
   § 2. A report of the findings of such study and recommendations of the
 commissioner of education shall be delivered to the governor, the tempo-
 rary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the  minority
 leader  of  the senate and the minority leader of the assembly the first
 of January following the effective date of this act.
   § 3. The commissioner of education  shall  promulgate  regulations  to
 ensure  instruction  on  the  Holocaust  is  provided  at all schools in
 compliance with section eight hundred one of the education law.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01155-01-9

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Anna M. Kaplan