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NY A00959
Bill
Status
6/6/2011
Primary Sponsor
William Colton
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AI Summary
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Establishes a Veteran Speaker Education Program within the Division of Veterans' Affairs to connect veteran speakers with school districts for classroom visits discussing military experience.
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Requires the division to develop an informational pamphlet distributed to school districts and appoint veteran speakers coordinators in each county to recruit willing veterans from military oral history programs.
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Veteran speaker listings must include names, contact information, military service type, length of service, geographic areas served, and rank, with annual updates on veteran availability.
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Makes participation voluntary for both teachers and veterans, with teachers responsible for assessing speaker appropriateness based on student age and subject matter, and requires certified copies of discharge papers for program participation.
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Mandates the division implement a speaker evaluation procedure with feedback from teachers and students to be made available to other potential participating teachers; takes effect one year after enactment.
Legislative Description
Directs the director of the division of veterans affairs to develop a program relating to veteran educational speakers; requires distribution of informational pamphlet to schools describing program and containing names of area veterans willing to speak to students regarding their military service experience.
Last Action
REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS
1/19/2012