NY State Assembly Bill A10966

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May 05, 2010	referred to education

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A10966 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S1295
Current Committee:: Assembly Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Add §815, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: A6474, S71
2013-2014: A6705, S1291
2015-2016: A9261, S905
2017-2018: A768, S3737
2019-2020: A1904, S791
2021-2022: A7161
2023-2024: A3736

A10966 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Mandates comprehensive, medically accurate and age appropriate sex education be taught in all public schools, grades one through twelve; provides that the commissioner of education will create and establish a curriculum to accomplish such goal within one year of the effective date of this legislation.

A10966 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

BILL NUMBER:A10966

TITLE  OF  BILL:    An  act to amend the education law, in relation to
mandating sex education in elementary and high schools

PURPOSE:   To  establish  and  implement  a  comprehensive,  medically
accurate  and  age-appropriate  sex education curriculum in grades one
through twelve in all public and charter schools.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:   Section 1 adds  a  new  section  815  to  the
Education  Law  requiring the Commissioner of Education to collaborate
with the Commissioners of Health and Mental Health to  create  an  age
comprehensive,  medically  accurate  and age-appropriate sex education
curriculum  for  all  grades  and  requires  that  schools  teach  sex
education.  The  section  also grants local boards of education or the
Chancellor of the New York City School System the option  of  adopting
their own curriculum upon approval of the Commissioner.

Section 2 establishes the enactment date.

JUSTIFICATION:    According  to  a  U.S. Government report released in
April 2007, abstinence-only sex education does not keep teenagers from
having sex. The independent study determined that the more than  2,000
teens  who  took part in the programs as elementary and middle schools
students were just as  likely  to  have  sex  as  those  who  did  not
participate in them.

Similarly, a report of the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
found  no  credible evidence to support the claim that abstinence-only
programs delay the onset of sexual activity or reduce  its  frequency.
Rather, the report revealed that abstinence-only programs put teens in
harms way of contracting sexually transmitted infections and HIV/AIDS,
and fail to provide information about contraceptive methods that could
prevent pregnancy.

A  poll conducted by Zogby international reveal that 77 percent of New
York voters  believe  that  comprehensive  age-appropriate,  medically
accurate  sex  education should be taught in public schools. The State
has a responsibility to bring this instruction into the  classroom  to
keep  our youth healthy and safe, and give them the tools they need to
make healthy lifestyle choices.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 2007-2008: Died In Senate.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: To be determined.

EFFECTIVE DATE:  The effective date is immediate.

A10966 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  10966

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               May 5, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. BARRON, ROBINSON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
  A. GLICK, JEFFRIES, JOHN -- read once and referred to the Committee on
  Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to mandating  sex  educa-
  tion in elementary and high schools

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 815 to
read as follows:
  S 815. COMPREHENSIVE SEX EDUCATION.  1. THE COMMISSIONER,  WORKING  IN
CONSULTATION  WITH  THE COMMISSIONERS OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH, SHALL
CREATE AND ESTABLISH A COMPREHENSIVE, MEDICALLY ACCURATE AND AGE  APPRO-
PRIATE  SEX  EDUCATION  CURRICULUM  WHICH  SHALL BE TAUGHT IN GRADES ONE
THROUGH TWELVE IN ALL PUBLIC AND CHARTER SCHOOLS. SUCH CURRICULUM  SHALL
BE READY FOR USE WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.
  2.  THE  CHANCELLOR  OF THE NEW YORK CITY SCHOOL SYSTEM, OR A BOARD OF
EDUCATION MAY ADOPT THEIR OWN CURRICULUM UPON APPROVAL  OF  THE  COMMIS-
SIONER,  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER, THAT THE COMMISSIONER SHALL NOT APPROVE ANY
CURRICULUM WHICH DOES  NOT  SUBSTANTIALLY  COMPLY  WITH  THE  CURRICULUM
CREATED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION.
  3. SCHOOLS SHALL BEGIN TEACHING THE CURRICULUM ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO
THIS  SECTION  IN  THE  FIRST SCHOOL YEAR FOLLOWING CERTIFICATION BY THE
COMMISSIONER THAT SUCH CURRICULUM HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01489-01-9

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