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
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                                         5140
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      May 4, 2015
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       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
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