Bill Text: NY A06181 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the commissioner of education to provide grants to school districts and BOCES to assist pregnant students in planning for continued education during and after such pregnancy.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-06 - enacting clause stricken [A06181 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A06181-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6181
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 28, 2019
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  TITUS,  LAVINE,  MAGNARELLI, PEOPLES-STOKES,
          JAFFEE, AUBRY, BENEDETTO -- Multi-Sponsored by --  M.  of  A.  CAHILL,
          COLTON,  O'DONNELL, PERRY, RIVERA, ZEBROWSKI -- read once and referred
          to the Committee on Education
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to a prenatal care initi-
          ative
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Section  3641 of the education law is amended by adding a
     2  new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
     3    2-a. Prenatal care initiative. a. The commissioner shall, upon  appli-
     4  cation  therefor  and  within  amounts  appropriated  for  such purpose,
     5  provide grants to school districts and boards of cooperative educational
     6  services which are designed with the intent of  implementing  procedures
     7  by  which  school personnel may assist pregnant students in planning for
     8  their continued education during and after their pregnancy.
     9    b.  Such  school  districts  and  boards  of  cooperative  educational
    10  services  shall  designate a faculty member who shall serve as a support
    11  person responsible for dissemination of entitlement information and  for
    12  the  referral mechanism for students in need of prenatal health care and
    13  related services. Such designated  faculty  member  shall,  as  much  as
    14  legally  and  reasonably possible, involve the parent or guardian of the
    15  pregnant student in the prenatal health care choices available  to  such
    16  student. Parental or guardian involvement should be sought to the extent
    17  possible  without  unduly  delaying  the  student's receipt of necessary
    18  health care and related services. All such services shall be coordinated
    19  to the maximum extent feasible with services available in  other  state,
    20  local and federally funded programs.
    21    c.  Educational  choices  should  also  be  presented  to the pregnant
    22  student.  Students should be informed of their option to remain in their
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07726-01-9
        A. 6181                             2
     1  present school, transfer to another high school or program or to receive
     2  home instruction.
     3    d.  Pregnant  students  of  compulsory school age shall be required to
     4  continue to attend school unless medical reasons indicate the  contrary.
     5  If  there  is an unexcused absence, regular attendance procedures should
     6  be followed.
     7    e. The pregnant student and her parent or guardian should be  provided
     8  with  information  which  would enable such student to seek the services
     9  needed to assist in the continuation of such student's education.
    10    f. Each school district or board of cooperative  educational  services
    11  shall  compile  monthly  reports  on  the  progress of pregnant students
    12  covered by the provisions of this subdivision.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.