Senate Bill S1046

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   1046
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. SALAZAR, BRISPORT -- 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 the commis-
   sioner of education to make recommendations to the  board  of  regents
   relating  to the adoption of instruction on dating violence prevention
   and healthy relationships for students in grades seven through twelve
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 63 to read as follows:
   63.  A.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE REGENTS
 RELATING TO THE ADOPTION OF INSTRUCTION ON  DATING  VIOLENCE  PREVENTION
 AND  HEALTHY  RELATIONSHIPS  THAT  IS  AGE-APPROPRIATE  INTO  THE ANNUAL
 CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES  SEVEN  THROUGH  TWELVE  AND
 WHICH  SHALL  BE  INCORPORATED  INTO  VARIOUS  CLASS SUBJECTS, INCLUDING
 HEALTH.
   B. PRIOR TO MAKING THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE REGENTS, THE COMMISSION-
 ER SHALL:
   (I) SEEK  THE  RECOMMENDATIONS  OF  TEACHERS,  SCHOOL  ADMINISTRATORS,
 TEACHER  EDUCATORS AND OTHERS WITH EDUCATIONAL EXPERTISE IN THE PROPOSED
 CURRICULUM;
   (II) SEEK COMMENT FROM PARENTS, STUDENTS AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES;
   (III) CONSIDER THE AMOUNT OF INSTRUCTIONAL TIME SUCH  CURRICULUM  WILL
 REQUIRE  AND WHETHER SUCH TIME WOULD DETRACT FROM OTHER MANDATED COURSES
 OF STUDY;
   (IV) CONSIDER THE FISCAL IMPACT, IF  ANY,  ON  THE  STATE  AND  SCHOOL
 DISTRICTS; AND
   (V) CONSIDER ANY ADDITIONAL FACTORS THE COMMISSIONER DEEMS RELEVANT.
   C.  NO  LATER THAN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF
 THIS SUBDIVISION, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROVIDE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD03016-01-5
 S. 1046                             2
 
 REGENTS TO EITHER ADOPT AND PROMULGATE APPROPRIATE RULES AND REGULATIONS
 IMPLEMENTING SUCH CURRICULUM OR TO REJECT  THE  IMPLEMENTATION  OF  SUCH
 CURRICULUM. UPON RECEIVING A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMISSIONER PURSU-
 ANT  TO  THIS  SUBDIVISION,  THE  REGENTS SHALL VOTE TO EITHER ACCEPT OR
 REJECT THE COMMISSIONER'S RECOMMENDATION NO LATER THAN SIXTY DAYS  AFTER
 RECEIVING SUCH RECOMMENDATION.
   D.  IF  THE  REGENTS ADOPT SUCH CURRICULUM, THE CURRICULUM REQUIREMENT
 SHALL TAKE EFFECT NO LATER THAN THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR AFTER SUCH  CURRIC-
 ULUM HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
   E.  IF  THE  REGENTS  REJECT  SUCH  CURRICULUM, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL
 PROVIDE A REPORT AS TO THE DETERMINATION OF THE REGENTS TO THE GOVERNOR,
 THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, THE SPEAKER OF THE  ASSEMBLY  AND
 THE  CHAIRS OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES ON EDUCATION PROVIDING
 THE REASONS FOR SUCH REJECTION NOT LATER  THAN  THIRTY  DAYS  AFTER  THE
 REGENTS REJECT SUCH CURRICULUM.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.