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                                   10696
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             September 9, 2022
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 Introduced  by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Cunningham)
   -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to enacting the "New York
   city Caribbean steel pan educational music program act"
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 the "New York city Caribbean steel pan educational music program act".
   § 2. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of section 414  of  the  education
 law,  as  amended by chapter 345 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read
 as follows:
   (c) For holding social, civic and  recreational  meetings  and  enter-
 tainments,  and  other  uses pertaining to the welfare of the community;
 but such meetings, entertainment and uses  shall  be  non-exclusive  and
 shall be open to the general public; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, COMMUNITY SCHOOL
 BOARDS IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK SHALL AUTHORIZE THE USE OF SCHOOL GROUNDS
 DURING  THE SUMMER MONTHS FOR USE BY ANY STEEL PAN MUSIC ORGANIZATION TO
 PRACTICE FOR THE LABOR DAY PARADE (WEST INDIAN CARNIVAL). Civic meetings
 shall include, but not be limited to, meetings  of  parent  associations
 and parent-teacher associations.
   § 3. Subdivision 27 of section 2590-h of the education law, as amended
 by chapter 345 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
   27.  Promulgate regulations, in conjunction with each community super-
 intendent, establishing a plan for providing access to school facilities
 in each community school district, when not in use for school  purposes,
 in  accordance  with  the provisions of section four hundred fourteen of
 this chapter.  SUCH PLAN SHALL INCLUDE ACCESS TO SCHOOL  GROUNDS  DURING
 THE  SUMMER MONTHS FOR STEEL PAN MUSIC ORGANIZATIONS TO PRACTICE FOR THE
 LABOR DAY PARADE (WEST INDIAN CARNIVAL). Such plan  shall  set  forth  a
 reasonable  system  of  fees  not to exceed the actual costs and specify
 that no part of any fee shall  directly  or  indirectly  benefit  or  be
 deposited  into an account which inures to the benefit of the custodians
 or custodial engineers.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   § 4. Section 2590-h of the education law is amended by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 57 to read as follows:
   57.  ESTABLISH STEEL PAN MUSIC CURRICULUM OR INSTRUCTION FOR COMMUNITY
 SCHOOL DISTRICTS. THE CONTENTS MAY  BE  VARIED  TO  MEET  THE  NEEDS  OF
 PARTICULAR COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICTS, OR PORTIONS THEREOF, AND NEED NOT
 BE UNIFORM THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THE CONTENT SHALL BE AGE APPROPRIATE AND
 SHALL  BE  DEVELOPED  ACCORDING  TO THE NEEDS AND ABILITIES OF PUPILS AT
 SUCCESSIVE GRADE LEVELS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE SKILLS  AND  INFORMATION  ON
 STEEL PAN MUSIC.
   §  5.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law; provided, however, that  the  amendments  to  section
 2590-h  of the education law made by sections three and four of this act
 shall not affect the expiration of such  section  and  shall  be  deemed
 repealed  therewith.  Effective  immediately,  the  addition,  amendment
 and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
 of this act on  its  effective  date  are  authorized  to  be  made  and
 completed on or before such date.