Assembly Bill A4758A

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Defines antisemitism for purposes of the education law

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2025-A4758 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §115, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A10486

2025-A4758 - Summary

Defines antisemitism for purposes of certain reviews of practices by the department of education.

2025-A4758 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4758
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 6, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SLATER, E. BROWN -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to defining anti-Semitism
 
   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 115 to
 read as follows:
   § 115. ANTI-SEMITISM. IN REVIEWING, INVESTIGATING, OR DECIDING WHETHER
 THERE HAS BEEN A VIOLATION OF ANY STATE LAW, RULE, OR REGULATION  OR  OF
 TITLE  VI  OF  THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000D ET SEQ.) ON
 THE BASIS OF RACE, COLOR, OR NATIONAL ORIGIN, BASED ON  AN  INDIVIDUAL'S
 ACTUAL  OR  PERCEIVED SHARED JEWISH ANCESTRY OR JEWISH ETHNIC CHARACTER-
 ISTICS, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL TAKE INTO  CONSIDERATION  AS  PART  OF  THE
 DEPARTMENT'S ASSESSMENT WHETHER THE PRACTICE IS DEFINED AS ANTI-SEMITISM
 AS  SUCH  TERM  IS DEFINED UNDER THE INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE
 ALLIANCE ON MAY TWENTY-SIXTH, TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN, INCLUDING  CONTEMPO-
 RARY EXAMPLES OF ANTI-SEMITISM.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06465-01-5

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2025-A4758A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §115, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A10486

2025-A4758A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Defines antisemitism for purposes of certain reviews of practices by the department of education.

2025-A4758A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4758--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 6, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SLATER, E. BROWN -- 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 defining antisemitism
 
   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 115 to
 read as follows:
   §  115. ANTISEMITISM. IN REVIEWING, INVESTIGATING, OR DECIDING WHETHER
 THERE HAS BEEN A VIOLATION OF ANY STATE LAW, RULE, OR REGULATION  OR  OF
 TITLE  VI  OF  THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000D ET SEQ.) ON
 THE BASIS OF RACE, COLOR, OR NATIONAL ORIGIN, BASED ON  AN  INDIVIDUAL'S
 ACTUAL  OR  PERCEIVED SHARED JEWISH ANCESTRY OR JEWISH ETHNIC CHARACTER-
 ISTICS, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL TAKE INTO  CONSIDERATION  AS  PART  OF  THE
 DEPARTMENT'S  ASSESSMENT WHETHER THE PRACTICE IS DEFINED AS ANTISEMITISM
 AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED UNDER THE  INTERNATIONAL  HOLOCAUST  REMEMBRANCE
 ALLIANCE  ON MAY TWENTY-SIXTH, TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN, INCLUDING CONTEMPO-
 RARY EXAMPLES OF ANTISEMITISM.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06465-02-5

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