File #: Int 0596-2026    Version: * Name: LGBTQIA+ resource guide for middle and high school students.
Type: Introduction Status: Committee
Committee: Committee on Education
On agenda: 2/12/2026
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to an LGBTQIA+ resource guide for middle and high school students
Sponsors: Crystal Hudson, Tiffany L. Cabán, Farah N. Louis, Shahana K. Hanif
Council Member Sponsors: 4
Summary: This bill would require that on any student portal maintained by the Department of Education (DOE), the DOE provide to middle and high school students a resource guide on LGBTQIA+ programs and services available for middle and high school students.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 596, 2. Int. No. 596, 3. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 2-12-26, 4. Memorandum in Support

Int. No. 596

 

By Council Members Hudson, Cabán, Louis and Hanif

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to an LGBTQIA+ resource guide for middle and high school students

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Chapter 8 of title 21-A of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 21-970 to read as follows:

§ 21-970 LGBTQIA+ student resource guide. a. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:

Middle and high school. The term "middle and high school" means any school of the city school district that contains any combination of grades from grade 6 through grade 12.

LGBTQIA+. The term “LGBTQIA+” means lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, or any diverse sexual orientation or gender identity, including gender non-conforming, two-spirit, or same-gender-loving.

b. On any online student portal maintained by the department, the department shall make available to students in middle and high school a resource guide on LGBTQIA+ programs and services available to students at middle and high schools.

§ 2. This local law takes effect 90 days after it becomes law.

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