Bill Text: NY A00937 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires at least one full-time licensed social worker to be employed in each elementary, intermediate, middle and junior high school throughout the state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-09 - held for consideration in education [A00937 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A00937-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        937--A
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 5, 2011
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by M. of A. ORTIZ, JACOBS, WEISENBERG, McENENY, COOK, ROBIN-
         SON, BOYLAND -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CUSICK -- read once and
         referred to the Committee on Education -- committee  discharged,  bill
         amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
         tee
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring  a  licensed
         social  worker  in  each elementary, intermediate, middle, junior high
         and senior high school
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 803-b
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S 803-B. SOCIAL WORKERS LICENSED UNDER ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED  FIFTY-FOUR
    4  OF  THE  EDUCATION  LAW  REQUIRED  IN  ELEMENTARY, INTERMEDIATE, MIDDLE,
    5  JUNIOR HIGH AND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS.  THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OR TRUSTEES
    6  OF EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE STATE SHALL ON AND AFTER JULY FIRST, TWO
    7  THOUSAND ELEVEN EMPLOY AT LEAST ONE LICENSED SOCIAL WORKER  IN  EACH  OF
    8  THE  SCHOOLS  UNDER  THEIR  JURISDICTION EXCLUSIVE OF ANY SOCIAL WORKERS
    9  FUNDED OR MANDATED THROUGH ANY SPECIAL  EDUCATION  FUNDING,  AID,  REGU-
   10  LATION  OR  STATUTE.    SUCH  LICENSED  SOCIAL WORKER SHALL PERFORM SUCH
   11  DUTIES WITHIN THEIR LAWFUL SCOPE OF PRACTICE.
   12    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD03643-02-1