Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Mar 03, 2016 |
enacting clause stricken |
Jan 06, 2016 |
referred to education |
Feb 03, 2015 |
referred to education |
Assembly Bill A4577
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
CLARK
Archive: Last Bill Status - Stricken
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Steven Englebright
Deborah Glick
multi-Sponsors
Sandy Galef
Margaret Markey
Felix Ortiz
N. Nick Perry
2015-A4577 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-A4577 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Provides that, on and after July 1, 2018, no board of education shall approve the purchase or use of textbooks containing commercial brand names, products or company logos unless a specific finding is made by the board, in writing, that the mention of such brand names, products or logos was necessary to achieve an educational purpose.
2015-A4577 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4577 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 3, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CLARK, ENGLEBRIGHT, GLICK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GALEF, MARKEY, ORTIZ, PERRY, WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to banning the use of commercially biased textbooks by 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 1527-a to read as follows: S 1527-A. USE OF COMMERCIALLY BIASED TEXTBOOKS PROHIBITED. ON AND AFTER JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN, NO BOARD OF EDUCATION SHALL APPROVE THE PURCHASE OR USE OF TEXTBOOKS CONTAINING COMMERCIAL BRAND NAMES, PRODUCTS OR COMPANY LOGOS UNLESS A SPECIFIC FINDING IS MADE BY THE BOARD, IN WRITING, THAT THE MENTION OF SUCH BRAND NAMES, PRODUCTS OR LOGOS WAS NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE AN EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08631-01-5
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