Bill Text: NY A09806 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 9806 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires that all holders of a professional certificate in the classroom teaching service, holders of a level III teaching assistant certificate and holders of a professional certificate in the educational leadership service receive a minimum of three hours of training in mental health per year.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-13 - referred to education [A09806 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A09806-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9806

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 13, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  FERNANDEZ  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Education

        AN ACT to amend the education law,  in  relation  to  requiring  certain
          persons receive mental health training each year

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

     1    Section 1. Section 804 of the education law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 8-a to read as follows:
     3    8-a. All holders of a professional certificate in the classroom teach-
     4  ing service, holders of a level III teaching assistant  certificate  and
     5  holders  of  a  professional  certificate  in the educational leadership
     6  service pursuant to paragraph (a) of subdivision two  of  section  three
     7  thousand six-a of this chapter shall receive a minimum of three hours of
     8  training  in  mental  health per year. The instructional content of such
     9  training shall be consistent with mental  health  curriculum  guidelines
    10  established by the commissioner pursuant to this section.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15057-01-0