Assembly Bill A8828

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Enacts the "public school instructional materials review and transparency act"

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • 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-A8828 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7766
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 15-D §§731 - 734, amd §§1501-b, 701 & 751, Ed L; amd §103, Pub Off L

2023-A8828 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires school boards to make the final decision on whether to keep, remove, or restrict access to an instructional material in a school library; establishes a review process for formal complaints concerning instructional materials that are the subject of complaints.

2023-A8828 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8828
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 18, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. FLOOD -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education  law  and  the  public  officers  law,  in
   relation  to  establishing  the "public school instructional materials
   review and transparency act"
 
   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 the "public
 school instructional materials review and transparency act".
   § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new article 15-D to read
 as follows:
                               ARTICLE 15-D
     PUBLIC SCHOOL INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS REVIEW AND TRANSPARENCY ACT
 SECTION 731. DEFINITIONS.
         732. INFORMAL COMPLAINT.
         733. FORMAL COMPLAINT.
         734. ACCESSIBLE PUBLIC DATABASE.
   § 731. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS ARTICLE, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL
 HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   1.  "INSTRUCTIONAL  MATERIAL"  MEANS  TEXTBOOKS,  WORKBOOKS,   LIBRARY
 VOLUMES,  AUDIO-VISUAL  RECORDINGS, AND ANY OTHER INSTRUCTIONAL, CURRIC-
 ULUM, LITERARY, RESOURCE, OR SUPPORT MATERIAL.
   2. "CHALLENGED MATERIAL" MEANS ANY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL FOR WHICH AN
 INFORMAL OR FORMAL COMPLAINT BY A PARENT OR GUARDIAN OF  A  STUDENT  WHO
 ATTENDS A SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS BEEN MADE.
   3.  "INFORMAL  COMPLAINT" MEANS A PROCESS WHEREBY A PARENT OR GUARDIAN
 OF A STUDENT WHO ATTENDS A SCHOOL DISTRICT REQUESTS OF A TEACHER, SCHOOL
 PRINCIPAL, OR OTHER SCHOOL OFFICIAL, WHETHER  IN  WRITING  OR  VERBALLY,
 THAT  AN  INSTRUCTIONAL  MATERIAL  IN  USE WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BE
 REVIEWED BY THE TEACHER, SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, OR OTHER SCHOOL OFFICIAL  FOR
 APPROPRIATENESS  IN  THE SCHOOL SETTING AND SUBSEQUENTLY BE DISCONTINUED
 OR RESTRICTED IN USE BY AGE OR GRADE LEVEL, OR BE MADE SUBJECT TO USE BY
 PARENTAL PERMISSION.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13342-07-3
              

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