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NY A01601
Bill
Status
7/31/2013
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 provide school districts with listings of veterans willing to visit classrooms and discuss their military experience
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Requires the Division to develop and distribute informational pamphlets to school districts (by mail or electronically) describing the program and identifying veteran speaker coordinators for each county in the state
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Mandates that veteran speaker coordinators maintain and annually update listings of available veterans including their names, contact information, military service details, areas of service, and rank
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Requires participating veterans to provide certified copies of discharge papers as evidence of honorable military service; makes participation voluntary for both teachers and veterans
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Establishes a procedure for teachers and students to evaluate speakers, with evaluations maintained and made available to other teachers planning to participate in the program
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
signed chap.183
7/31/2013