Bill Text: NY A01960 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides that all public schools shall include as a part of health education instruction concerning the prevention and reporting of sexual abuse and assault.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to education [A01960 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A01960-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1960 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 12, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER, AUBRY, WEISENBERG, ARROYO, PHEFFER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CUSICK, ENGLEBRIGHT, GOTTFRIED, LATIM- ER, LIFTON, LUPARDO, ORTIZ, RAMOS, REILLY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education 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 S 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 S 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. LBD02572-01-1