Education Law § 1527-a · Article 31. School Districts
Prohibit symbols of hate
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§ 1527-a. Prohibit symbols of hate. 1. A school district shall not sell or display any symbols of hate or any similar image, or tangible personal property, inscribed with such an image unless the image appears in a book, digital medium, museum, or otherwise serves an educational or historical purpose.
2. For the purposes of this section, the term "symbols of hate" shall include, but not be limited to, symbols of white supremacy, neo-Nazi ideology or the Battle Flag of the Confederacy.
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- https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/laws/EDN1527-A
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