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Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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| Jan 03, 2024 |
referred to education |
| May 25, 2023 |
print number 1994a |
| May 25, 2023 |
amend (t) and recommit to education |
| Jan 23, 2023 |
referred to education |
Assembly Bill A1994A
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
FALL
Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Bill Amendments
2023-A1994 - Details
2023-A1994 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
1994
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 23, 2023
___________
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, HAIRSTYLE,
FACIAL HAIRSTYLE, OR HEAD COVERING WORN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIRE-
MENTS 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.
LBD06632-01-3
2023-A1994A (ACTIVE) - Details
2023-A1994A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
1994--A
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 23, 2023
___________
Introduced by M. of A. FALL -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted
as amended and recommitted to said committee
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, clothing or facial hair
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. 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
OR THE WEARING OF ANY ATTIRE, CLOTHING, OR FACIAL HAIR IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF HIS OR HER RELIGION, religious practice, RELI-
GIOUS ATTIRE, disability, sexual orientation, gender, or sex by school
employees or students on school property or at a school function. Noth-
ing 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.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06632-03-3
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