Requires Title VI training for certain colleges or universities in New York state which includes the definition of antisemitism adopted by the international holocaust remembrance alliance.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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9707
IN ASSEMBLY
February 6, 2020
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Introduced by M. of A. MOSLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to Title VI training for
certain colleges or universities in New York state
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new article 129-C
2 to read as follows:
3 ARTICLE 129-C
4 TITLE VI TRAINING
5 Section 6450. Title VI training.
6 § 6450. Title VI training. 1. For purposes of this section, "institu-
7 tion" shall mean any college or university chartered by the regents or
8 incorporated by special act of the legislature that maintains a campus
9 in New York.
10 2. Every institution shall require all employees who are likely to
11 interact or come into contact with students to undergo a training
12 program in Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of nineteen hundred sixty-
13 four. Such training program shall be approved by the department, and
14 shall include, but not be limited to, the definition of antisemitism
15 adopted on May twenty-six, two thousand sixteen, by the international
16 holocaust remembrance alliance, which states, "Antisemitism is a certain
17 perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred toward Jews. Rhet-
18 orical and physical manifestations of antisemitism are directed toward
19 Jewish or non-Jewish individuals and/or their property, toward Jewish
20 community institutions and religious facilities". The training program
21 may be developed by a federal, state, or non-profit organization, and
22 may be incorporated as part of the institution's existing training
23 programs or may be provided by organizations or providers identified by
24 the department.
25 3. The department shall make available no more than six months after
26 the effective date of this section a list of approved cultural sensitiv-
27 ity and diversity training programs for use by institutions.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 4. Training shall take place on the premises of the institution and
2 shall be considered compensable time.
3 5. Every institution shall maintain records indicating that each
4 employee required to undergo an approved Title VI training program
5 pursuant to this section has completed such training. Such records shall
6 be kept on file by the institution for the period during which the
7 employee is employed by the institution and for one year after such
8 employment ends.
9 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
10 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the commissioner of
11 education may make regulations and take other actions necessary to
12 implement this act on its effective date.