Bill Text: NY A00355 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to the creation of a school-based teen dating violence prevention program designed to be incorporated into a school district's existing health curriculum to prevent and reduce the incidence and prevalence of teen dating violence.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to education [A00355 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A00355-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 355 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 9, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, GOTTFRIED -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the creation of a school-based teen dating violence prevention program The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 57 to read as follows: 3 57. School-based teen dating violence prevention program. a. The 4 commissioner shall consult and collaborate with the commissioner of 5 health, the office for the prevention of domestic violence and organiza- 6 tions that promote teen dating violence awareness, prevention and educa- 7 tion, as well as other interested parties, to establish and develop a 8 school-based teen dating violence prevention program within the depart- 9 ment. Such program shall be defined by the commissioner in regulations 10 after consultation with the department of health and the office for the 11 prevention of domestic violence and be designed to educate students, 12 parents and school personnel about healthy relationship behaviors, teen 13 dating violence awareness and prevention. The teen dating violence 14 awareness prevention program shall include but not be limited to: 15 (i) age-appropriate model curriculum, exemplar lesson plans and best 16 practice instructional resources for students, parents and school 17 personnel developed or approved to promote awareness of healthy 18 relationship behaviors and teen dating violence prevention. Such model 19 curriculum, lesson plans and instructional resources shall include but 20 not be limited to information on healthy relationship behaviors and teen 21 dating violence, recognizing the warning signs of teen dating violence, 22 and a discussion of local community resources that are available to 23 teens in an abusive relationship; EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00624-01-9A. 355 2 1 (ii) instructional tools and materials for students, parents and 2 school personnel developed or approved in collaboration with the commis- 3 sioner of health and the office for the prevention of domestic violence, 4 which shall include updated data and information on healthy relationship 5 behaviors and teen dating violence awareness and prevention, with a 6 review of such data and information to occur periodically, at intervals 7 deemed appropriate by the commissioner, the commissioner of health and 8 the office for prevention of domestic violence; and 9 (iii) public availability of all materials related to the teen dating 10 violence awareness prevention program on a dedicated webpage on the 11 department's internet website, and all materials shall be provided at no 12 cost to every school district, board of cooperative educational 13 services, charter school and nonpublic school upon request. 14 b. The commissioner shall issue a guidance memorandum to every school 15 district, board of cooperative educational services, charter school and 16 nonpublic school, to inform them of the availability of the teen dating 17 violence awareness prevention program and to encourage them to work and 18 collaborate with local organizations that promote teen dating violence 19 awareness, prevention and education and to develop policies and proce- 20 dures on responding to incidents of teen dating violence and healthy 21 relationship initiatives. The commissioner shall annually remind school 22 districts, boards of cooperative educational services, charter schools 23 and nonpublic schools, of the availability of teen dating violence 24 awareness and prevention materials as part of teen dating violence 25 awareness and prevention month. 26 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding 27 the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the 28 addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary 29 for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized 30 to be made or completed on or before such effective date.
