Assembly Bill A1242

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires the instruction of state and local government in elementary and middle schools in the state

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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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2023-A1242 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §802-b, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A1665
2013-2014: A266
2015-2016: A345
2017-2018: A1262
2019-2020: A1037
2021-2022: A2162
2025-2026: A3163

2023-A1242 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the regents to prescribe courses of instruction in state and local government in elementary and middle schools in the state; provides boards of education and trustees of the several cities and school districts of the state shall require instruction to be given in such courses by the teachers; requires similar instruction in private schools.

2023-A1242 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1242
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring the instruc-
   tion of state and local government in elementary and middle schools in
   the state
 
   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 802-b
 to read as follows:
   § 802-B. COURSES OF INSTRUCTION IN STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT.  1. THE
 REGENTS SHALL PRESCRIBE  COURSES  OF  INSTRUCTION  IN  STATE  AND  LOCAL
 GOVERNMENT  TO  BE  MAINTAINED AND FOLLOWED IN ALL OF THE ELEMENTARY AND
 MIDDLE SCHOOLS OF THE STATE. THE BOARDS OF EDUCATION AND TRUSTEES OF THE
 SEVERAL CITIES AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS OF THE STATE SHALL REQUIRE  INSTRUC-
 TION  TO  BE  GIVEN  IN  SUCH  COURSES,  BY THE TEACHERS EMPLOYED IN THE
 SCHOOLS THEREIN. ALL PUPILS ATTENDING SUCH SCHOOLS,  IN  ELEMENTARY  AND
 MIDDLE SCHOOL GRADES, SHALL ATTEND UPON SUCH INSTRUCTION.
   2.  SIMILAR  COURSES OF INSTRUCTION SHALL BE PRESCRIBED AND MAINTAINED
 IN PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN THE STATE, AND  ALL  PUPILS  IN  SUCH  SCHOOLS  IN
 GRADES OR CLASSES CORRESPONDING TO THE INSTRUCTION IN THE ELEMENTARY AND
 MIDDLE SCHOOL GRADES OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS SHALL ATTEND UPON SUCH COURS-
 ES.  IF  SUCH COURSES ARE NOT SO ESTABLISHED AND MAINTAINED IN A PRIVATE
 SCHOOL, ATTENDANCE UPON INSTRUCTION IN SUCH SCHOOL SHALL NOT  BE  DEEMED
 SUBSTANTIALLY  EQUIVALENT  TO  INSTRUCTION GIVEN TO PUPILS IN THE PUBLIC
 SCHOOLS OF THE CITY OR DISTRICT IN WHICH SUCH PUPILS RESIDE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect twenty-four months after 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.
                                                            LBD00940-01-3

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