Bill Text: NY S05140 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes a mentor for youth program for middle school and high school students at high risk to engage in violent acts or drop out of school.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S05140 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S05140-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5140 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 4, 2015 ___________ 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 establishing a mentor for youth program within the department of education 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 141 to 2 read as follows: 3 S 141. MENTOR FOR YOUTH PROGRAM. 1. THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED WITHIN 4 THE DEPARTMENT A MENTOR FOR YOUTH PROGRAM. THE FOCUS AND GOAL OF SUCH 5 PROGRAM SHALL BE PREVENTING VIOLENCE AND DECREASING THE DROPOUT RATE 6 AMONG MALE AND FEMALE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. SUCH 7 PROGRAM SHALL EMPHASIZE PROVEN CORE VALUES TO FACILITATE ITS GOALS. SUCH 8 CORE VALUES SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, INTEGRITY, ACCOUNT- 9 ABILITY, SELF-DETERMINATION, THE POSITIVE EXPRESSION AND MANAGEMENT OF 10 ANGER, VISIONARY GOAL SETTING AND RESPECT FOR OTHERS. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL 11 BE ADMINISTERED IN SCHOOL DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE THAT THE 12 COMMISSIONER DETERMINES HAVE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF STUDENTS AT HIGH 13 RISK TO ENGAGE IN VIOLENT ACTS OR DROP OUT OF SCHOOL. IN THE DEVELOPMENT 14 AND IMPLEMENTATION OF SUCH PROGRAM, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL, IN CONSULTA- 15 TION WITH THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES AND ANY OTHER AGEN- 16 CY OF THE STATE THE DEPARTMENT DEEMS NECESSARY, INCORPORATE NONTRADI- 17 TIONAL AND STATE-OF-THE-ART TEACHING AND MENTORING METHODS THAT HAVE 18 PROVEN EFFECTIVE IN POSITIVELY INFLUENCING SUCH AT-RISK STUDENTS. IN 19 ADDITION, SUCH PROGRAM SHALL INCORPORATE THE USE OF SPORTS, RECREATIONAL 20 ACTIVITIES AND THE FINE ARTS TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH DISCIPLINES ARE 21 DEEMED NECESSARY IN ACHIEVING THE GOALS OF SUCH PROGRAM. 22 2. THE COMMISSION SHALL REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE 23 THREE YEARS AND FIVE YEARS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION 24 SETTING FORTH THE IMPACT SUCH MENTOR FOR YOUTH PROGRAM HAS HAD ON SUCH 25 HIGH-RISK STUDENTS. 26 3. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS AS ARE 27 NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION. 28 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10573-01-5