Bill Text: NY A00090 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Enacts "Erin Merryn's law"; 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: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 25-12)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-02 - print number 90b [A00090 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A00090-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 90--B 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 7, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ, MARKEY, HIKIND, SIMOTAS, COOK, COLTON, TITONE, ENGLEBRIGHT, MOYA, GUNTHER, PAULIN, HOOPER, TITUS, CLARK, MAYER, WALKER, RODRIGUEZ, GOTTFRIED, SKOUFIS -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ABBATE, ARROYO, BARCLAY, CURRAN, FAHY, GRAF, KAMINSKY, LOPEZ, MALLIOTAKIS, McDONOUGH, ORTIZ, RA, RAIA, SALADINO, TEDISCO, TENNEY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Education in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit- tee AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to enacting "Erin Merryn's law" 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 "Erin Merryn's law". 3 § 2. Legislative findings and intent. The legislature finds and 4 declares that child sexual abuse, estimated to affect up to one in four 5 girls and up to one in six boys, poses a grave threat to the health and 6 safety of young people, and its damaging effects can last a lifetime. 7 The legislature also finds and declares that child sexual exploita- 8 tion, including the use of children in pornography and prostitution, and 9 child abduction pose a similar threat to the health and safety of young 10 people, and put child victims at grave risk of death or severe bodily 11 harm. 12 The legislature also finds and declares that the incidence of child 13 sexual abuse, child sexual exploitation and child abduction can be 14 reduced by raising awareness among young children of common dangers and 15 warning signs, empowering children to better protect themselves from EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01551-06-6
