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Assembly Bill A10206

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires dating violence education and dating violence policies in school districts, boards of cooperative educational services and county vocational education and extension boards

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2009-A10206 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7131
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยงยง815, 2803 & 816, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A4596, S708
2013-2014: A518, S4860
2015-2016: S3684

2009-A10206 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires dating violence education and dating violence policies in school districts, board of cooperative educational services and county vocational education and extension boards; "dating violence" means a pattern of behavior where one person uses threats of, or actually uses, physical, sexual, verbal or emotional abuse to control his or her dating partner and includes threats made by cell phone, text message, internet, and other electronic means; requires the department, in conjunction with, to assist schools in developing a policy for dating violence incidents; education to be taught to students regarding dating violence in the annual health curriculum framework for students in grades 7 through 12, and requires respect and self-esteem education be incorporated into the curriculum for students in grades k-6.

2009-A10206 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-A10206 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  10206

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 11, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Education

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education  law, in relation to providing dating
  violence education and dating violence policies in  school  districts,
  boards  of  cooperative  educational  services  and  county vocational
  education and extension boards

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

  Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
the "Jessica Tush act".
  S 2.  The education law is amended by adding a new section 815 to read
as follows:
  S 815. DATING VIOLENCE EDUCATION.    1.  EACH  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  SHALL
INCORPORATE  DATING  VIOLENCE EDUCATION 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.
  (A) DATING VIOLENCE EDUCATION SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT  BE  LIMITED  TO,
DEFINING  DATING VIOLENCE, RECOGNIZING DATING VIOLENCE WARNING SIGNS AND
THE ROLE OF CELL PHONES, TEXT MESSAGES, INTERNET  AND  OTHER  ELECTRONIC
MEANS  IN CONNECTION WITH DATING VIOLENCE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF HEALTHY
RELATIONSHIPS. ADDITIONALLY, STUDENTS SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH THE  SCHOOL
DISTRICT'S  DATING  VIOLENCE  POLICY AS PROVIDED IN SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT
HUNDRED THREE OF THIS CHAPTER.
  (B) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
  (I) "DATING VIOLENCE" MEANS A PATTERN OF  BEHAVIOR  WHERE  ONE  PERSON
USES THREATS OF, OR ACTUALLY USES, PHYSICAL, SEXUAL, VERBAL OR EMOTIONAL
ABUSE  TO CONTROL HIS OR HER DATING PARTNER AND INCLUDES THREATS MADE BY
CELL PHONE, TEXT MESSAGE, INTERNET OR OTHER ELECTRONIC MEANS.
  (II) "DATING PARTNER" MEANS ANY PERSON INVOLVED IN AN INTIMATE ASSOCI-
ATION WITH ANOTHER PRIMARILY CHARACTERIZED BY THE EXPECTATION OF  AFFEC-
TIONATE INVOLVEMENT WHETHER CASUAL, SERIOUS OR LONG-TERM.
  (III)  "AT SCHOOL" MEANS IN A CLASSROOM, ON OR IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO
SUCH SCHOOL PREMISES, ON A SCHOOL BUS OR OTHER  SCHOOL-RELATED  VEHICLE,

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

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