Senate Bill S5405

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Establishes model hate crime materials for school districts

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education 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-S5405 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §804-e, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S7199
2021-2022: S125
2023-2024: S6871

2025-S5405 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes model hate crime materials for school districts.

2025-S5405 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S5405 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5405
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 21, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. HARCKHAM, MAYER, ADDABBO, CLEARE, MARTINEZ, PARKER,
   WEBER -- read twice and  ordered  printed,  and  when  printed  to  be
   committed to the Committee on Education
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the education law, in relation to establishing model
   hate crime materials for school districts

   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 804-e
 to read as follows:
   § 804-E. MODEL HATE CRIME AWARENESS MATERIALS. 1. THE COMMISSIONER, IN
 CONSULTATION WITH THE DIVISION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND ANY OTHER APPROPRIATE
 AGENCY, SHALL ESTABLISH MODEL MATERIALS  ON  HATE  CRIME  AWARENESS  FOR
 ELECTIVE  ADOPTION  BY SCHOOLS OR SCHOOL DISTRICTS. THE MODEL HATE CRIME
 AWARENESS MATERIALS SHALL INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED  TO,  INSTRUCTION
 ON  WHAT  DISCRIMINATION AND RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE, INCLUDING ANTI-SEMI-
 TISM AND ISLAMOPHOBIA,  MIGHT LOOK LIKE AS WELL AS THE POSITIVE  ACTIONS
 STUDENTS CAN TAKE TO PROMOTE ACCEPTANCE, INCLUSION, AND THE DIVERSITY OF
 THEIR COMMUNITIES.  THE CONTENT OF SUCH MATERIALS SHALL BE AGE APPROPRI-
 ATE  AND  SHALL  BE  DEVELOPED  ACCORDING  TO THE NEEDS AND ABILITIES OF
 PUPILS AT SUCCESSIVE GRADE LEVELS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE  SKILLS,  INFORMA-
 TION, AND GUIDANCE TO AID IN HATE CRIME AWARENESS.
   2.  SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS MAY ADOPT THE MODEL HATE CRIME AWARE-
 NESS MATERIALS CREATED BY THIS SECTION, OR ANY COMPONENT THEREOF, IN ANY
 MANNER THE SCHOOL OR SCHOOL DISTRICT DEEMS APPROPRIATE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July  next  succeeding
 the  date  upon which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately,
 the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or  regulation  neces-
 sary  for  the  implementation  of  this  act  on its effective date are
 authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01604-02-5

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