A 8972: Establishes a committee to conduct a survey of instruction on the history and civic impact of the September eleventh, two thousand one terrorist attacks and issue a report on such survey.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8972 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY August 13, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DURSO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing a commit- tee to conduct a survey of instruction on the history and civic impact of the September eleventh, two thousand one terrorist attacks and issue a report on such survey; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. This act shall be known as the "New York September Elev- 2 enth, Two Thousand One Terrorist Attacks Education Equity Act". 3 § 2. (a) The commissioner of education is authorized and directed to 4 conduct a survey regarding instruction on the history and civic impact 5 of the September eleventh, two thousand one terrorist attacks within the 6 state. Such survey shall focus on identifying the extent to which school 7 districts provide instruction on the history and civic impact of the 8 September eleventh, two thousand one terrorist attacks. Such survey 9 shall include as appropriate, questions on how the district is providing 10 such instruction, including, but not limited to, the following: 11 (1) how the department's learning standards inform the school 12 district's teaching of the history and civic impact of the September 13 eleventh, two thousand one terrorist attacks; 14 (2) which grade levels are being taught about the history and civic 15 impact of the September eleventh, two thousand one terrorist attacks; 16 (3) how much instructional time is devoted to the history and civic 17 impact of the September eleventh, two thousand one terrorist attacks; 18 (4) what are the school district's social studies curricula that are 19 used in the district, and who publishes curricula; 20 (5) what challenges and/or barriers do districts face in incorporating 21 the history and civic impact of the September eleventh, two thousand one 22 terrorist attacks into the curriculum; 23 (6) do educators receive any training or professional development 24 regarding the history and civic impact of the September eleventh, two 25 thousand one terrorist attacks; and EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13582-01-5 
 A. 8972 2 1 (7) are there assessments or evaluations to measure student under- 2 standing of the history and civic impact of the September eleventh, two 3 thousand one terrorist attacks. 4 (b) Findings shall include detailed results of the survey, and if 5 needed, recommendations to implement or strengthen such instruction. A 6 report of the findings of such survey shall be delivered to the gover- 7 nor, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, 8 the minority leader of the senate and the minority leader of the assem- 9 bly the first of January following the effective date of this act or one 10 hundred twenty days after the effective date of this act, whichever is 11 later. 12 § 3. The education law is amended by adding a new section 805 to read 13 as follows: 14 § 805. The history and civic impact of the September eleventh, two 15 thousand one terrorist attacks advisory committee; appointment; powers 16 and duties. 1. The commissioner shall establish a history and civic 17 impact of the September eleventh, two thousand one terrorist attacks 18 advisory committee. 19 2. (a) The committee shall be comprised of four members, to be 20 appointed as follows: 21 i. one member appointed by the governor; 22 ii. one member appointed by the temporary president of the senate; 23 iii. one member appointed by the speaker of the assembly; and 24 iv. one member appointed by the commissioner. 25 (b) All members appointed to the committee shall be experts in the 26 history and civic impact of the September eleventh, two thousand one 27 terrorist attacks and/or have a background in educational instruction 28 and/or educational administration. 29 (c) All members of the committee shall be appointed within ninety days 30 of the effective date of this section. 31 3. Vacancies in the membership of the committee shall be filled in the 32 same manner provided for original appointments. 33 4. The committee shall meet no less than four times per year. 34 5. The committee shall provide recommendations on the following: 35 (a) high-quality K-12 curricular and instructional resources on the 36 history and civic impact of the September eleventh, two thousand one 37 terrorist attacks; and 38 (b) strategies for strengthening and deepening public K-12 education 39 programs in the areas of the history and civic impact of the September 40 eleventh, two thousand one terrorist attacks, including analysis of the 41 survey referenced in section two of the chapter of the laws of two thou- 42 sand twenty-five that added this section. 43 6. The committee shall submit their recommendations to the commission- 44 er no later than two years after the effective date of this section and 45 be disbanded thereafter. 46 7. Committee members shall receive no compensation for their services, 47 but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the 48 performance of their duties. 49 8. To effectuate the purposes of this section, the committee may 50 request from any department, board, bureau, commission or other agency 51 of the state, and the same are authorized to provide, such cooperation 52 and assistance, services and data as will enable the committee to prop- 53 erly carry out its functions pursuant to this section. 54 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be 55 deemed repealed 3 years after such date.