Bill Text: NY S02729 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to clarifying health education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-28 - PRINT NUMBER 2729A [S02729 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S02729-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2729--A 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 28, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education -- recommitted to the Committee on Education in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to clarifying health education The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 804 of the education law, as added by chapter 982 2 of the laws of 1977, the section heading as amended and subdivision 3-a 3 as added by chapter 401 of the laws of 1998, subdivision 3 as amended by 4 chapter 674 of the laws of 2004, subdivision 4 as amended by chapter 181 5 of the laws of 2000, and paragraph a of subdivision 4 as amended by 6 chapter 39 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows: 7 § 804. Health education regarding mental health, alcohol, drugs, 8 tobacco abuse and the prevention and detection of certain cancers. 1. 9 All schools under the jurisdiction of the department shall ensure that 10 their health education programs recognize the multiple dimensions of 11 health by including mental health and the relation of physical and 12 mental health so as to enhance student understanding, attitudes and 13 behaviors that promote health, well-being and human dignity. 14 2. All schools shall include, as an integral part of health education, 15 instruction so as to discourage the misuse and abuse of alcohol, tobac- 16 co[,] and other drugs and promote attitudes and behavior that enhance 17 health, well being, and human dignity. 18 [2.] 3. Instruction regarding alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs shall 19 be included in the health education provided for all elementary school 20 pupils and shall be taught by the regular classroom teachers or by 21 teachers certified to teach health education. Such instruction shall be 22 designed according to the needs and abilities of the pupils at succes- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06654-07-6
