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                                   8033
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 22, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. ROMERO -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring colleges and
   universities  in the state to adopt a policy that requires students in
   programs for teaching, school administration, or counseling to have  a
   curriculum  that  promotes  diversity,  equity  and  inclusion, and is
   multilingual for teaching immigrant-origin students
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  6206 of the education law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 24 to read as follows:
   24. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LAW, RULE OR REGULATION TO THE  CONTRARY,  THE
 BOARD OF TRUSTEES SHALL UPDATE COURSE CURRICULUM AS NECESSARY TO REQUIRE
 SENIOR  COLLEGES  AND  COMMUNITY  COLLEGES  WITHIN  THE  CITY UNIVERSITY
 INCLUDE, WITHIN ALL EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS  AND
 COUNSELORS,  THE  TOPICS OF LOCAL, STATE AND NATIONAL IMMIGRATION POLICY
 AND IMMIGRANT INTEGRATION  AND  HOW  TO  BEST  EDUCATE  IMMIGRANT-ORIGIN
 STUDENTS  WITH  DIFFERENT  STATUS IN WAYS THAT PROMOTE DIVERSITY, EQUITY
 AND INCLUSION, AND ARE MULTILINGUAL.
   AS USED IN THIS SUBDIVISION:
   A. "DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION" INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED  TO,
 CULTURAL SENSITIVITY, AND AWARENESS OF CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS BIASES;
 AND
   B.  "MULTILINGUAL"  MEANS  THAT  THE  PERSON  SPEAKS  OR UNDERSTANDS A
 LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH AND POSSIBLY SPEAKS OR UNDERSTANDS LITTLE OR
 NO ENGLISH, AND MAY REQUIRE SUPPORT IN ORDER  TO  BECOME  PROFICIENT  IN
 ENGLISH.
   §  2.  Section  355  of  the  education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 2-b to read as follows:
   2-B. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LAW, RULE OR REGULATION TO THE CONTRARY,  THE
 STATE UNIVERSITY TRUSTEES SHALL UPDATE COURSE CURRICULUM AS NECESSARY TO
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02954-01-5
              

 A. 8033                             2
 
 REQUIRE  STATE UNIVERSITIES OR COLLEGES TO INCLUDE, WITHIN ALL EDUCATION
 PROGRAMS FOR TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS  AND  COUNSELORS,  THE  TOPICS  OF
 LOCAL,  STATE  AND NATIONAL IMMIGRATION POLICY AND IMMIGRANT INTEGRATION
 AND  HOW TO BEST EDUCATE IMMIGRANT-ORIGIN STUDENTS WITH DIFFERENT STATUS
 IN WAYS THAT PROMOTE DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION, AND ARE  MULTILIN-
 GUAL.
   AS USED IN THIS SUBDIVISION:
   A.  "DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION" INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO,
 CULTURAL SENSITIVITY, AND AWARENESS OF CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS BIASES;
 AND
   B. "MULTILINGUAL" MEANS  THAT  THE  PERSON  SPEAKS  OR  UNDERSTANDS  A
 LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH AND POSSIBLY SPEAKS OR UNDERSTANDS LITTLE OR
 NO  ENGLISH,  AND  MAY  REQUIRE SUPPORT IN ORDER TO BECOME PROFICIENT IN
 ENGLISH.
   § 3.  The education law is amended by adding a new  section  815-a  to
 read as follows:
   §  815-A.  IMMIGRATION  AND IMMIGRANT INTEGRATION EDUCATION.  NOTWITH-
 STANDING ANY LAW, RULE OR REGULATION TO THE CONTRARY,  THE  TRUSTEES  OR
 OTHER GOVERNING BOARD OF EACH INDEPENDENT NON-PROFIT COLLEGE WHICH MAIN-
 TAINS  A  CAMPUS OR OTHER PROPERTY FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES CHARTERED BY
 THE REGENTS OR INCORPORATED BY SPECIAL  ACT  OF  THE  LEGISLATURE  SHALL
 UPDATE  COURSE  CURRICULUM  AS NECESSARY TO REQUIRE WITHIN ALL EDUCATION
 PROGRAMS FOR TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS AND COUNSELORS, TOPICS  OF  LOCAL,
 STATE  AND NATIONAL IMMIGRATION POLICY AND IMMIGRANT INTEGRATION AND HOW
 TO BEST EDUCATE IMMIGRANT-ORIGIN STUDENTS WITH DIFFERENT STATUS IN  WAYS
 THAT PROMOTE DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION, AND ARE MULTILINGUAL.
   AS USED IN THIS SUBDIVISION:
   1.  "DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION" INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO,
 CULTURAL SENSITIVITY, AND AWARENESS OF CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS BIASES;
 AND
   2. "MULTILINGUAL" MEANS  THAT  THE  PERSON  SPEAKS  OR  UNDERSTANDS  A
 LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH AND POSSIBLY SPEAKS OR UNDERSTANDS LITTLE OR
 NO  ENGLISH,  AND  MAY  REQUIRE SUPPORT IN ORDER TO BECOME PROFICIENT IN
 ENGLISH.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.