Bill Text: NY S04070 | 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 instruction on preventing child sexual exploitation and child abuse in grades kindergarten through eight.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-08-29 - SIGNED CHAP.187 [S04070 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4070
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 27, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  BIAGGI -- 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  child  sexual  abuse
          awareness
          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 60 to read as follows:
     3    60. a. The commissioner shall consult and collaborate with the commis-
     4  sioner of health and appropriate organizations that  have  expertise  in
     5  the  prevention of child sexual exploitation and child abuse, as well as
     6  other interested parties, to establish and develop a program within  the
     7  department  related  to  the prevention of child sexual exploitation and
     8  child abuse in grades kindergarten through eight. Such program shall  be
     9  defined  by  the commissioner in regulations after consultation with the
    10  department of health and be designed to educate  students,  parents  and
    11  school  personnel  about the prevention of child sexual exploitation and
    12  child abuse in grades kindergarten through  eight.  Such  program  shall
    13  include, but not be limited to:
    14    (i)  age-appropriate model curriculum, exemplar lesson plans, and best
    15  practice  instructional  resources  for  students,  parents  and  school
    16  personnel  designed  to promote the prevention of child sexual exploita-
    17  tion and child abuse. Such model curriculum, lesson plans  and  instruc-
    18  tional  resources  shall  include  but  not be limited to guidelines and
    19  methods of prevention, including recommendations to address this issue;
    20    (ii) instructional tools  and  materials  for  students,  parents  and
    21  school  personnel  developed  in  collaboration with the commissioner of
    22  health,  which  shall  include  updated  data  and  information  on  the
    23  prevention  of  child sexual exploitation and child abuse, with a review
    24  of such data and information to occur periodically, at intervals  deemed
    25  appropriate by the commissioner and the commissioner of health; and
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01177-03-9

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     1    (iii)  public availability of all materials related to such awareness,
     2  prevention and education programs on a dedicated webpage on the  depart-
     3  ment's  internet  website,  and  provided  at  no  cost  to every school
     4  district, board of cooperative educational services, charter school  and
     5  nonpublic school upon request.
     6    b.  The commissioner shall issue a guidance memorandum to every school
     7  district, board of cooperative educational services, charter school  and
     8  nonpublic  school,  to inform them of the availability of the prevention
     9  of child sexual exploitation and child abuse program.  The  commissioner
    10  shall  annually  remind  school  districts, boards of cooperative educa-
    11  tional services, charter schools and nonpublic schools,  of  the  avail-
    12  ability of prevention of child sexual exploitation and child abuse mate-
    13  rials in grades kindergarten through eight.
    14    §  2.  This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
    15  the date on which it shall have become a law;  provided,  however,  that
    16  effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule
    17  or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effec-
    18  tive  date  are  authorized  to  be  made or completed on or before such
    19  effective date.
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