Bill Text: NY S06666 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that all public schools shall include as a part of health education for grades K-12 instruction concerning the prevention and reporting of sexual abuse and assault.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-11 - PRINT NUMBER 6666A [S06666 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6666

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     August 23, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to instruction  regarding
          the prevention and reporting of sexual abuse and assault

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section  803-b
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  803-b.  Health  education  regarding prevention of sexual abuse and
     4  assault. 1. All public schools shall include, as  an  integral  part  of
     5  health  education,  instruction  concerning  the recognition, avoidance,
     6  refusal and reporting of incidences of sexual abuse and assault.    Such
     7  instruction  shall  reflect  current  practices  and  standards  in  the
     8  prevention of sexual abuse and assault of children.
     9    2. Age appropriate instruction concerning the recognition,  avoidance,
    10  refusal and reporting of incidences of sexual abuse and assault included
    11  in  the  health  education provided to students at the elementary school
    12  grades may be taught by a regular classroom teacher or  by  a  certified
    13  teacher  holding  a  certificate to teach health education.  Instruction
    14  concerning the recognition, avoidance, refusal and  reporting  of  inci-
    15  dences  of  sexual  abuse  and  assault included in the health education
    16  provided to students at the secondary school grades shall be  taught  by
    17  teachers certified to teach health education.
    18    3.  Teachers  shall  be  provided  with  the  appropriate training and
    19  curricula materials concerning the  avoidance  and  reporting  of  child
    20  sexual abuse and assault.
    21    §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  on  the first of September next
    22  succeeding the date on which it  shall  have  become  a  law,  provided,
    23  however,  that  effective  immediately  the commissioner of education is
    24  authorized to adopt any rules or regulations necessary to implement  the
    25  provisions of this act on such effective date.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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