Bill Text: NY S01667 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes the instruction of sexual abuse and sexual assault prevention in elementary and secondary schools; directs the commissioner of education, in conjunction with the office of children and family services, the division of state police and rape crisis educators, to provide and prescribe a course of instruction in sexual abuse and sexual assault prevention, including materials for parents.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S01667 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-S01667-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1667 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 11, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SAMPSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the instruction of sexual abuse and sexual assault prevention in elementary and secondary schools 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 815 to 2 read as follows: 3 S 815. INSTRUCTION IN SEXUAL ABUSE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION. 1. 4 THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY 5 SERVICES, THE DIVISION OF STATE POLICE AND RAPE CRISIS EDUCATORS, IS 6 HEREBY DIRECTED TO PROVIDE AND PRESCRIBE A COURSE OF INSTRUCTION IN 7 SEXUAL ABUSE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION FOR ALL ELEMENTARY AND 8 SECONDARY PUPILS. 9 2. SUCH PREVENTION CURRICULUM SHALL BE AGE APPROPRIATE FOR ALL PUPIL 10 AGE GROUPS. THE AGE APPROPRIATENESS OF EACH LEVEL OF SUCH CURRICULUM 11 SHALL BE DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE OFFICE 12 OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, THE DIVISION OF STATE POLICE AND RAPE 13 CRISIS EDUCATORS. SUCH CURRICULUM SHALL BE TAUGHT BY EITHER CLASSROOM 14 TEACHERS OR HEALTH EDUCATION TEACHERS ON AN ON-GOING BASIS THROUGHOUT 15 THE SCHOOL YEAR. EVERY INSTRUCTOR OF SUCH CURRICULUM SHALL ATTEND A 16 TRAINING CLASS ESTABLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE 17 OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, THE DIVISION OF STATE POLICE AND 18 RAPE CRISIS EDUCATORS. 19 3. SUCH CURRICULUM SHALL ALSO INCLUDE EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS FOR 20 PARENTS REGARDING HOW TO AID IN KEEPING THEIR CHILDREN SAFE FROM SEXUAL 21 ABUSE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT. 22 S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding 23 the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05897-01-1