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NY A07835
Bill
Status
7/7/2023
Primary Sponsor
Edward Flood
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AI Summary
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Requires district school boards to publish a searchable list of all instructional materials on their websites and provide public access to educational learning materials, excluding teacher editions and lesson plans.
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Mandates school boards to create separate itemized lists of educational materials for public viewing and provide a reasonable opportunity for public comment before school budget votes.
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Requires school boards to notify parents of their rights to attend board meetings, access educational materials, and comment on objectionable materials at board meetings.
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Directs school boards to annually report to the commissioner starting June 30, 2025, identifying materials removed or discontinued due to objections and their grade levels.
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Requires the commissioner to develop and make available model policies for parental notification of instructional materials with explicit content (drugs, alcohol, sexually transmitted infections, and sexual health education) by July 31, 2024, with school boards adopting consistent policies by January 1, 2025.
Legislative Description
Requires each district school board of education to publish on its website a list of all instructional materials, including those used to provide instruction and to provide notice to parents of their rights to attend school board meetings, access all educational learning materials and make objection to learning materials they find objectionable; requires the commissioner of education to promulgate model policies for ensuring parental notification of any instructional material that includes explicit content.
Last Action
referred to education
1/3/2024