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- Referred to education
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Makes certain provisions applicable to public schools relating to instruction in civility, citizenship and character education
In Assembly Committee · Education · Sponsor Michaelle C. Solages
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BILL NUMBER:S894
Title of bill
An act to amend the education law, in relation to making certain provisions applicable to public schools relating to instruction in civility, citizenship and character education
Purpose or general idea of bill
To amend Education Law section 801-a, relating to instruction in civility, citizenship and character, to explicitly state that the amendments made to that section by chapter 102 of the laws of 2012, apply only to public schools.
Summary of specific provisions
This bill makes a technical correction to the Dignity for All Students Act ("Dignity"), so that Education-Law section 801-a, relating to instruction in civility, citizenship and character, will explicitly state the legislature's original intent that the amendments made to that section by Dignity apply only to public schools, as does the main body of Dignity, set out in Education Law Article 2.
Justification
The primary content of chanter 102 of the laws of 2012, known as the Dignity for All Students Act ("Dignity"), is set out in Article 2 of the Education Law, entitled "Dignity for All Students." The Dignity Act applies only to public schools. See, Education Law section 10, section 11(1), and section 17(1) (explicitly exempting private, religious and denominational institutions). Chapter 102 also made changes to two other sections of the Education Law, one of which was Education Law section 801-a. It was always the Legislature's intent that the language added to section 801-a by Dignity would apply to the same schools as Article 2, i.e., to public schools and not to private and religious schools. Language making that intent explicit was inadvertently omitted from the bill text. This technical chapter amendment corrects the inadvertent omission.
Prior legislative history
2011-12: S.5834/A.8310 - Passed assembly/ Died in Education
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Effective date
This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as Chapter 102 of the Laws of 2012, takes effect.
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