A 6746 New York Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Provides for inclusive instruction and instructional materials

Summary

Requires school districts and charter schools to establish a task force to make recommendations on model curriculum or instruction on the political, economic, and social contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual people, in an appropriate place in the curriculum of middle school and high school students.

Issues: ✓ Education

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

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Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Mar 11, 2025 Last action Apr 24, 2026

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A6746 → A6746A · 5 edits

MODERATE

The bill was amended to replace a mandate requiring immediate inclusive curriculum instruction with a directive to create a task force that will study and recommend a model curriculum. The amendment also updated the task force's composition and added specific requirements for members' educational backgrounds regarding LGBTQIA+ history.

Scope change

The bill's scope shifted from an immediate requirement for schools to implement inclusive instruction to a study-and-recommendation process, delaying the actual curriculum implementation until after the task force completes its work.

REQUIREMENT

Replaced the mandate for schools to immediately include LGBTQIA+ instruction with a requirement to establish a task force to study and recommend a model curriculum.

Added a new requirement that task force members must have a demonstrated educational background in the history of LGBTQIA+ political, economic, and social contributions.

Removed the requirement for the commissioner of education to serve as the task force chairperson and reorganized the appointment structure.

Removed the specific mandate requiring schools to adopt instructional materials portraying the cultural and economic diversity of society including LGBTQIA+ people.

DEFINITION

Deleted the detailed definitions for terms such as 'gay', 'lesbian', 'bisexual', 'transgender', 'queer', 'intersex', 'asexual', 'lifeways', and 'gender identity or expression'.

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Committee

Amendments

Apr 24, 2026

Lower · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 6746A

lower

Apr 24, 2026

Lower · Passed

AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION

lower

Jan 7, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO EDUCATION

lower

Mar 11, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO EDUCATION

lower

1 primary · 7 co-sponsors