Bill Text: NY S01794 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the commissioner of education, in consultation with the commissioner of the office of children and family services, to develop a teenage parenting skills development demonstration program to be conducted in three school districts, one of which shall be the city of New York; requires the commissioner of education to report to the legislature regarding such program; appropriates $100,000 therefor.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO FINANCE [S01794 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S01794-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1794
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
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       Introduced by Sen. ESPAILLAT -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
       AN  ACT  authorizing  the commissioner of education to develop a teenage
         parenting skills  development  demonstration  program  and  making  an
         appropriation therefor
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The commissioner of education,  in  consultation  with  the
    2  commissioner of the office of children and family services, shall devel-
    3  op  a  teenage  parenting skills development demonstration program. Such
    4  program shall be conducted in three school districts in the state,  with
    5  one being in the city of New York.
    6    S  2.  The  goals  of this demonstration program will be to teach teen
    7  parents their responsibilities and make  them  aware  of  the  resources
    8  which  are  available  to them. In addition, the program will provide an
    9  education in the basic skills of parenting, the  particular  aspects  of
   10  which  education  are to be determined by the department of education in
   11  conjunction with the office  of  children  and  family  services.    The
   12  program  will  also  bring  together  different  teenage parents for the
   13  purpose of learning from each other and building a support network.
   14    S 3. The sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000),  or  so  much
   15  thereof  as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to the commissioner
   16  of education from any moneys in the state treasury in the  general  fund
   17  to the credit of the state purposes account, not otherwise appropriated,
   18  for  the  purposes  of  carrying  out the provisions of this act.   Such
   19  moneys shall be payable on the audit and warrant of the  comptroller  on
   20  vouchers  certified  or  approved  by  the  department  of  education in
   21  conjunction with the office of  children  and  family  services  in  the
   22  manner prescribed by law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1    S  4.  The  commissioner  of education shall report to the legislature
    2  within three years after this act shall have become a law on the  demon-
    3  stration program authorized by section one of this act along with recom-
    4  mendations for establishing such a program on a statewide level.
    5    S 5. This act shall take effect immediately.