STATE OF NEW YORK
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2729--A
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 28, 2015
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Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Education -- recommitted
to the Committee on Education in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8
-- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to clarifying health
education
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, as added by chapter 982
2 of the laws of 1977, the section heading as amended and subdivision 3-a
3 as added by chapter 401 of the laws of 1998, subdivision 3 as amended by
4 chapter 674 of the laws of 2004, subdivision 4 as amended by chapter 181
5 of the laws of 2000, and paragraph a of subdivision 4 as amended by
6 chapter 39 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
7 § 804. Health education regarding mental health, alcohol, drugs,
8 tobacco abuse and the prevention and detection of certain cancers. 1.
9 All schools under the jurisdiction of the department shall ensure that
10 their health education programs recognize the multiple dimensions of
11 health by including mental health and the relation of physical and
12 mental health so as to enhance student understanding, attitudes and
13 behaviors that promote health, well-being and human dignity.
14 2. All schools shall include, as an integral part of health education,
15 instruction so as to discourage the misuse and abuse of alcohol, tobac-
16 co[,] and other drugs and promote attitudes and behavior that enhance
17 health, well being, and human dignity.
18 [2.] 3. Instruction regarding alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs shall
19 be included in the health education provided for all elementary school
20 pupils and shall be taught by the regular classroom teachers or by
21 teachers certified to teach health education. Such instruction shall be
22 designed according to the needs and abilities of the pupils at succes-
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06654-07-6