Bill Text: NY A03575 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the commissioner of education to make recommendations to the board of regents relating to the adoption of instruction in information relating to blood, bone marrow and organ and tissue donations in senior high schools.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to education [A03575 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A03575-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3575
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 29, 2019
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        Introduced  by  M. of A. ORTIZ, MOSLEY, COLTON, THIELE, CAHILL, BLAKE --
          Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ABBATE,  CRESPO,  ENGLEBRIGHT  --  read
          once and referred to the Committee on Education
        AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring the commis-
          sioner of education to make recommendations to the  board  of  regents
          relating  to  the  adoption  of instruction in information relating to
          blood, bone marrow and organ  and  tissue  donations  in  senior  high
          schools
          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. a. The commissioner shall make recommendations  to  the  board  of
     4  regents  relating to the adoption of instruction in information relating
     5  to blood, bone marrow and organ and tissue donations  and  the  ways  in
     6  which  such  donations  can  be  beneficial  to  others,  in senior high
     7  schools.
     8    b. Prior to making the recommendations to the board  of  regents,  the
     9  commissioner shall:
    10    (i)  seek  the  recommendations  of  teachers,  school administrators,
    11  teacher educators and others with educational expertise in the  proposed
    12  curriculum;
    13    (ii) seek comment from parents, students and other interested parties;
    14    (iii)  consider  the amount of instructional time such curriculum will
    15  require and whether such time would detract from other mandated  courses
    16  of study;
    17    (iv)  consider  the  fiscal  impact,  if  any, on the state and school
    18  districts; and
    19    (v) consider any additional factors the commissioner deems relevant.
    20    c. No later than one hundred eighty days after the effective  date  of
    21  this subdivision, the commissioner shall provide a recommendation to the
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08252-01-9
        A. 3575                             2
     1  board  of  regents  to either adopt and promulgate appropriate rules and
     2  regulations implementing such curriculum or reject the implementation of
     3  such curriculum. Upon receiving a recommendation from the  commissioner,
     4  pursuant  to this subdivision, the board of regents shall vote to either
     5  accept or reject the commissioner's recommendation no later  than  sixty
     6  days after receiving such recommendation.
     7    d.  If  the  board  of  regents adopts such curriculum, the curriculum
     8  requirement shall take effect no later than the next school  year  after
     9  such curriculum has been adopted.
    10    e.  If  the board of regents rejects such curriculum, the commissioner
    11  shall provide a report to the determination of the board to  the  gover-
    12  nor,  the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly
    13  and the chairs of  the  senate  and  assembly  committees  on  education
    14  providing  the  reasons  for  such  rejection not later than thirty days
    15  after the board of regents rejects such curriculum.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.