NY State Senate Bill 2017-S1472

Archive: Last 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

Please enter your contact information

First Name

Last Name

Email Address

A valid email address is required.

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.

Actions

View Actions

	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 03, 2018	referred to education
Jan 09, 2017	referred to education

2017-S1472 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §801, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2013-2014: S7759
2015-2016: S714

2017-S1472 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires courses of instruction to include information on "comfort women".

2017-S1472 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S1472

 TITLE OF BILL :

An act to amend the education law, in relation to requiring courses of
instruction to include information on "comfort women"

 PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :

The purpose of the bill is to facilitate the teaching of an unbiased
and factual account of events that occurred during World War II
involving the Comfort Women.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1 of the bill amends subdivisions 1 and 3 of section 801 of
the education law by amending the opening paragraphs to include
curriculum instruction on violence against women during periods of
armed conflict including the comfort women of the second world war.

Section 2 of the bill sets an effective date of the July 1, 2019.

 JUSTIFICATION :

The purpose of this legislation is to facilitate the teaching of an
unbiased and factual account of events that occurred during World War

II. It is important to ensure that events such as those that occurred
in relation to the "comfort women" are accurately reflected in the
text-books we use to teach our students.

During World War II, the Imperial Japanese Army forced thousands of
women to prostitute themselves for the benefit of the Emperor's troops
in Korea and other nations. There have been recent efforts to deny the
existence of this human rights atrocity and to blame it on alleged
"racial conflicts" and efforts to harass the people of Japan.  These
attempts to deny or minimize such historic events make it necessary to
provide an unbiased and factual account of these issues to our
students.

It is also important to make sure this history is taught in light of
the increasing amount of sex trafficking that is happening within the
United States as well as throughout the world.

It is the responsibility of the legislature to make sure that the
history of the "comfort women" is not ignored and to shed light on the
continuing victimization of women and men that has a long and
torturous legacy dating back many thousands of years.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2015-16: S.714-A
2013-14: S.7759-A

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS :

None known.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect on July 1, 2019.

2017-S1472 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1472
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 9, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  AVELLA -- 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 requiring  courses  of
   instruction to include information on "comfort women"
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 1 and subdivision 3 of
 section 801 of the education law, as amended by chapter 574 of the  laws
 of 1997, are amended to read as follows:
   In  order to promote a spirit of patriotic and civic service and obli-
 gation and to foster in the children of the state moral and intellectual
 qualities which are essential in preparing to meet  the  obligations  of
 citizenship  in  peace  or  in war, the regents of The University of the
 State of New York shall prescribe courses of instruction in  patriotism,
 citizenship,  and  human rights issues, with particular attention to the
 study of the inhumanity of  genocide,  slavery  (including  the  freedom
 trail  and  underground railroad), the Holocaust, VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
 DURING PERIODS OF ARMED CONFLICT (INCLUDING THE  COMFORT  WOMEN  OF  THE
 SECOND WORLD WAR), and the mass starvation in Ireland from 1845 to 1850,
 to  be  maintained  and  followed  in  all the schools of the state. The
 boards of education and  trustees  of  the  several  cities  and  school
 districts  of  the  state  shall require instruction to be given in such
 courses, by the teachers employed in the  schools  therein.  All  pupils
 attending  such  schools, over the age of eight years, shall attend upon
 such instruction.
   3. The regents shall determine the subjects to  be  included  in  such
 courses  of  instruction  in  patriotism,  citizenship, and human rights
 issues, with particular attention to the  study  of  the  inhumanity  of
 genocide,  slavery  (including  the  freedom trail and underground rail-
 road), the Holocaust, VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN  DURING  PERIODS  OF  ARMED
 CONFLICT  (INCLUDING THE COMFORT WOMEN OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR), and the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD00592-01-7

 S. 1472                             2
 
 mass starvation in Ireland from 1845 to 1850, and in the history,  mean-
 ing,  significance  and  effect of the provisions of the constitution of
 the United States, the amendments thereto, the declaration of  independ-
 ence, the constitution of the state of New York and the amendments ther-
 eto,  and  the  period  of  instruction  in  each  of the grades in such
 subjects. They shall adopt rules  providing  for  attendance  upon  such
 instruction and for such other matters as are required for carrying into
 effect  the objects and purposes of this section. The commissioner shall
 be responsible for the enforcement of such section and shall cause to be
 inspected and supervise the instruction to be given  in  such  subjects.
 The  commissioner  may, in his OR HER discretion, cause all or a portion
 of the public school money to be apportioned to a district or city to be
 withheld for failure of the school authorities of such district or  city
 to  provide  instruction  in  such courses and to compel attendance upon
 such instruction, as herein prescribed, and for  a  non-compliance  with
 the rules of the regents adopted as herein provided.
   § 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2019.

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Senate Bill S1472

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee

2017-S1472 (ACTIVE) - Details

2017-S1472 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-S1472 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S1472 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

Comments

Senate Bill S1472

Share this bill

Sponsored By

Tony Avella

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee

2017-S1472 (ACTIVE) - Details

2017-S1472 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-S1472 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S1472 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

Comments