NY State Senate Bill 2021-S638

Senate Bill S638

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires the instruction on the importance of Yu Gwan-Sun and her contribution as a globally recognized human rights activist

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2021-S638 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A3400
Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Add §803-c, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S7907, A9844
2023-2024: S914

2021-S638 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the instruction on the importance of Yu Gwan-Sun and her contribution as a globally recognized human rights activist for students in grades 9-12.

2021-S638 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S638

SPONSOR: LIU
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the education law, in relation to requiring a course of
study to teach the history of Yu Gwan-Sun and the March 1st movement of
Korea

 
PURPOSE:

This legislation aims to establish Yu Gwan-Sun's Law, which provides for
the instruction of the life and work of. Korean activist Yu Gwan-Sun to
all public school students in grades nine to twelve.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 provides the short title of this Act as "Yu-Gwan-Sun's Law."

Section 2 amends the. Education Law with the addition of a new section
803-c, which, prescribes that students in New York State, public school

from grades nine to twelve are to receive instruction on the life and
work of Yu Gwanif Bun, and directs the Commissioner of Education
,to_design the program and offer technical assistance in the development
of curricula.

Section 3 provides the effective date and requires that any amendment or
repeal of any rule or regulation needed for the implementation of this
act made by the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

A 2018 New York Times, posthumously published obituary ("Overlooked No
More Yu Gwan-sun, a Korean Independence Activist Who Defied Japanese
Rule," by Inyoung Kang) eloquently honors the activism of Yu dwan-Sun, a
Korean woman activist who, at the age of sixteen, helped to organize the
March 1st Movement of 1919 in protest of Imperial Japanese colonial rule
over Korea. Former Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon
has referred to Yu as, the "Joan of Arc of Korea," APO her work has been
recognized and celebrated worldwide.

This bill strives to ensure that the work of Yu Gwan-Sun, a woman of
color human ,rights activist is taught to all students in high schools
across New York State, and the historical significance of her life's
work in fighting against the oppression and colonization of peoples is
imparted onto students across the state.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Effective the first of July succeeding the passage of this bill.

2021-S638 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    638
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  LIU  --  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 requiring a course  of
   study  to  teach the history of Yu Gwan-Sun and the March 1st movement
   of Korea

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "Yu Gwan-Sun's
 Law".
   § 2. The education law is amended by adding a  new  section  803-c  to
 read as follows:
   § 803-C. COURSES OF STUDY TO TEACH THE LIFE AND HISTORY OF YU GWAN-SUN
 AND  THE INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT OF MARCH FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED NINETEEN
 AGAINST JAPANESE COLONIAL RULE OF KOREA. 1. ALL PUPILS  IN  GRADES  NINE
 THROUGH TWELVE IN ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE STATE SHALL RECEIVE INSTRUC-
 TION ON THE IMPORTANCE OF YU GWAN-SUN AND HER CONTRIBUTION AS A GLOBALLY
 RECOGNIZED  HUMAN  RIGHTS ACTIVIST. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL BE DEFINED BY THE
 COMMISSIONER IN REGULATIONS AND BE DESIGNED TO EDUCATE STUDENTS, PARENTS
 AND SCHOOL PERSONNEL ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE  OF  RECOGNIZING,  CELEBRATING
 AND  TEACHING  FEMALE HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS IN
 GRADES NINE THROUGH TWELVE. SUCH  PROGRAM  SHALL  INCLUDE,  BUT  NOT  BE
 LIMITED  TO  STUDENTS AND PARENTS. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL PREVENT
 THE DEPARTMENT FROM  MAKING  MODEL  CURRICULUM  AND  RESOURCE  MATERIALS
 AVAILABLE ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE.
   2.  THE COMMISSIONER MAY PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO ASSIST IN THE
 DEVELOPMENT OF CURRICULA FOR SUCH COURSES OF STUDY WHICH  SHALL  BE  AGE
 APPROPRIATE AND DEVELOPED ACCORDING TO THE NEEDS AND ABILITIES OF PUPILS
 AT SUCCESSIVE GRADE LEVELS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE AWARENESS AND SKILLS.
   §  3.  This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
 the date on which it shall have become a law. 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 effective date.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03784-01-1

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