Assembly Bill A7919

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Enacts Firefighter Joseph P. Spor Jr.'s Law requiring the establishment of September eleventh awareness curriculum or instruction for school districts

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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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2025-A7919 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §819, Ed L

2025-A7919 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts Firefighter Joseph P. Spor Jr.'s Law; requires the commissioner of education to establish September eleventh awareness curriculum or instruction for school districts; requires the education department to make curriculum materials and other resources regarding September eleventh available on its website.

2025-A7919 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7919
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 11, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SLATER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Education
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the education law, in relation to enacting Firefighter
   Joseph P. Spor Jr.'s Law  requiring  the  establishment  of  September
   eleventh awareness curriculum or instruction for school districts

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 "Firefighter Joseph P. Spor Jr.'s Law".
   §  2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 819 to read
 as follows:
   § 819. SEPTEMBER ELEVENTH  AWARENESS  CURRICULUM  OR  INSTRUCTION.  1.
 WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, THE COMMISSIONER,
 IN  CONSULTATION  WITH ANY APPROPRIATE AGENCY, SHALL ESTABLISH SEPTEMBER
 ELEVENTH (9/11) AWARENESS CURRICULUM OR INSTRUCTION FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS
 REGARDING THE SEPTEMBER ELEVENTH, TWO THOUSAND ONE ATTACKS ON THE UNITED
 STATES OF AMERICA AND THEIR ONGOING REPERCUSSIONS. THE CONTENT  OF  SUCH
 CURRICULUM  OR INSTRUCTION MAY BE VARIED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF PARTICULAR
 SCHOOL DISTRICTS, OR PORTIONS THEREOF, AND NEED NOT BE UNIFORM  THROUGH-
 OUT THE STATE.
   2.  THE  CONTENT  OF  SUCH CURRICULUM OR INSTRUCTION SHALL INCLUDE THE
 FOLLOWING CORE TENETS AND THEMES:
   (A) THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF TERRORISM;
   (B) THE TERRORIST ATTACKS ON THE WORLD TRADE CENTER, THE PENTAGON  AND
 UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT 93 WHICH CRASHED IN SHANKSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA;
   (C) AMERICAN RECOVERY AND RESPONSE TO THE ATTACKS;
   (D) GLOBAL CHALLENGES AND CONSEQUENCES IN A POST-9/11 WORLD;
   (E)  EXAMPLES  OF HEROISM, RESILIENCE, AND SERVICE THAT EMERGED DURING
 AND AFTER 9/11 FROM PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD; AND
   (F) THE GLOBAL RESPONSE TO TERRORISM FOLLOWING THE EVENTS OF 9/11.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07430-01-5
 A. 7919                             2

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