Bill Text: NY S05194 | 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 the adoption of age-appropriate instruction on dating violence for students in grades seven through twelve.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S05194 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S05194-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5194
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     April 15, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen. SALAZAR -- 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  on  dating  violence  for
          students in grades seven through twelve
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1.  Short title. This act shall be known and may be  cited  as
     2  the "Jessica Tush act".
     3    §  2.    Section  305  of the education law is amended by adding a new
     4  subdivision 57 to read as follows:
     5    57. a. The commissioner shall  make  recommendations  to  the  regents
     6  relating  to the adoption of instruction on dating violence that is age-
     7  appropriate into the annual curriculum framework for students in  grades
     8  seven  through twelve and which shall be incorporated into various class
     9  subjects, including health.
    10    b. Prior to making the recommendations to the regents, the commission-
    11  er shall:
    12    (i) seek  the  recommendations  of  teachers,  school  administrators,
    13  teacher  educators and others with educational expertise in the proposed
    14  curriculum;
    15    (ii) seek comment from parents, students and other interested parties;
    16    (iii) consider the amount of instructional time such  curriculum  will
    17  require  and whether such time would detract from other mandated courses
    18  of study;
    19    (iv) consider the fiscal impact, if  any,  on  the  state  and  school
    20  districts; and
    21    (v) consider any additional factors the commissioner deems relevant.
    22    c.  No  later than one hundred eighty days after the effective date of
    23  this subdivision, the commissioner shall provide a recommendation to the
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00261-01-9
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     1  regents to either adopt and promulgate appropriate rules and regulations
     2  implementing such curriculum or to reject  the  implementation  of  such
     3  curriculum. Upon receiving a recommendation from the commissioner pursu-
     4  ant  to  this  subdivision,  the  regents shall vote to either accept or
     5  reject the commissioner's recommendation no later than sixty days  after
     6  receiving such recommendation.
     7    d.  If  the  regents adopt such curriculum, the curriculum requirement
     8  shall take effect no later than the next school year after such  curric-
     9  ulum has been adopted.
    10    e.  If  the  regents  reject  such  curriculum, the commissioner shall
    11  provide a report as to the determination of the regents to the governor,
    12  the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the  assembly  and
    13  the  chairs of the senate and assembly committees on education providing
    14  the reasons for such rejection not later  than  thirty  days  after  the
    15  regents reject such curriculum.
    16    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.