Bill Text: NY A06786 | 2021-2022 | 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: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to education [A06786 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A06786-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6786

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      April 8, 2021
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. CUSICK, M. MILLER, LAVINE, ABBATE, McDONOUGH,
          PERRY, RA, THIELE, PAULIN, WALLACE -- read once and  referred  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.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01397-01-1
        A. 6786                             2

     1    c. No later than one hundred eighty days after the effective  date  of
     2  this subdivision, the commissioner shall provide a recommendation to the
     3  regents to either adopt and promulgate appropriate rules and regulations
     4  implementing  such  curriculum  or  to reject the implementation of such
     5  curriculum. Upon receiving a recommendation from the commissioner pursu-
     6  ant  to  this  subdivision,  the  regents shall vote to either accept or
     7  reject the commissioner's recommendation no later than sixty days  after
     8  receiving such recommendation.
     9    d.  If  the  regents adopt such curriculum, the curriculum requirement
    10  shall take effect no later than the next school year after such  curric-
    11  ulum has been adopted.
    12    e.  If  the  regents  reject  such  curriculum, the commissioner shall
    13  provide a report as to the determination of the regents to the governor,
    14  the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the  assembly  and
    15  the  chairs of the senate and assembly committees on education providing
    16  the reasons for such rejection not later  than  thirty  days  after  the
    17  regents reject such curriculum.
    18    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.