Bill Text: NY S02439 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
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 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S02439 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S02439-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2439 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 24, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed 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 22 board of regents to either adopt and promulgate appropriate rules and EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08252-01-9S. 2439 2 1 regulations implementing such curriculum or reject the implementation of 2 such curriculum. Upon receiving a recommendation from the commissioner, 3 pursuant to this subdivision, the board of regents shall vote to either 4 accept or reject the commissioner's recommendation no later than sixty 5 days after receiving such recommendation. 6 d. If the board of regents adopts such curriculum, the curriculum 7 requirement shall take effect no later than the next school year after 8 such curriculum has been adopted. 9 e. If the board of regents rejects such curriculum, the commissioner 10 shall provide a report to the determination of the board to the gover- 11 nor, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly 12 and the chairs of the senate and assembly committees on education 13 providing the reasons for such rejection not later than thirty days 14 after the board of regents rejects such curriculum. 15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
