Bill Text: NY S02464 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires at least one full-time licensed social worker to be employed in each elementary, intermediate, middle, junior high school and senior high school throughout the state.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S02464 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S02464-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2464 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 13, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HAMILTON -- 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 requiring a licensed social worker in each elementary, intermediate, middle, junior high and senior high school 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 § 803-b. Social workers licensed under article one hundred fifty-four 4 of this chapter required in elementary, intermediate, middle, junior 5 high and senior high schools. The board of education or trustees of 6 every school district in the state shall on and after July first, two 7 thousand seventeen employ at least one licensed social worker in each of 8 the schools under their jurisdiction exclusive of any social workers 9 funded or mandated through any special education funding, aid, regu- 10 lation or statute. Such licensed social worker shall perform such 11 duties within their lawful scope of practice. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00682-01-7
