NY State Senate Bill 2009-S4741

Senate Bill S4741

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides that all public schools shall include as a part of health education instruction concerning the prevention and reporting of sexual abuse and assault

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Archive: Last Bill Status - Stricken

Introduced
- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
Signed By Governor

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Apr 29, 2009	recommit, enacting clause stricken
Apr 27, 2009	referred to education

2009-S4741 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Add §803-b, Ed L

2009-S4741 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that all public schools shall include as a part of health education instruction concerning the prevention and reporting of sexual abuse and assault.

2009-S4741 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S4741

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the education law, in relation to
instruction regarding the prevention and reporting of sexual abuse and
assault

 PURPOSE OF BILL: : This legislation amends the Education Law by
adding a new section 803-b. This section requires that age appropriate
instruction concerning the recognition, avoidance, refusal and
reporting of incidences of sexual abuse and assault be included as an
integral part of health education for students from elementary through
secondary school.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: : Section 803-b is added to require the
teaching of recognition, avoidance, refusal and reporting of
incidences of sexual assault and abuse for school age children. The
bill requires that the curriculum taught to the children is kept
current with the practices and standards in the prevention of sexual
abuse and assault.

For elementary school children, the curriculum will be taught by
either the regular classroom teacher or a teacher holding a
certificate to teach health education. These teachers would be trained
on the avoidance and reporting of child sexual abuse and assault. For
secondary school children, the instruction shall be given by teachers
certified to teach health education. All instruction would be age

appropriate.

 JUSTIFICATION: : This bill would combat child sexual abuse by
providing age appropriate instruction to children in methods to avoid
sexual abuse or assault and build on existing required school
curriculum designed to prevent children from being abducted. Such
instruction would help safeguard children from sexual abuse.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: :  2005-2006: A.8415-A, passed Assembly

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: : Undetermined

 EFFECTIVE DATE: : First of September next succeeding the date on
which it shall have become a law, provided, however, that effective
immediately the commissioner of education is authorized to adopt any
rules or regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this act
on such effective date.

2009-S4741 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  4741

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 27, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by Sen. AUBERTINE -- 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 instruction regarding
  the prevention and reporting of sexual abuse and assault

  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 803-b
to read as follows:
  S 803-B. HEALTH EDUCATION REGARDING PREVENTION  OF  SEXUAL  ABUSE  AND
ASSAULT.  1.  ALL  PUBLIC  SCHOOLS SHALL INCLUDE, AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF
HEALTH EDUCATION, INSTRUCTION  CONCERNING  THE  RECOGNITION,  AVOIDANCE,
REFUSAL  AND  REPORTING OF INCIDENCES OF SEXUAL ABUSE AND ASSAULT.  SUCH
INSTRUCTION  SHALL  REFLECT  CURRENT  PRACTICES  AND  STANDARDS  IN  THE
PREVENTION OF SEXUAL ABUSE AND ASSAULT OF CHILDREN.
  2.  AGE APPROPRIATE INSTRUCTION CONCERNING THE RECOGNITION, AVOIDANCE,
REFUSAL AND REPORTING OF INCIDENCES OF SEXUAL ABUSE AND ASSAULT INCLUDED
IN THE HEALTH EDUCATION PROVIDED TO STUDENTS AT  THE  ELEMENTARY  SCHOOL
GRADES  MAY  BE  TAUGHT BY A REGULAR CLASSROOM TEACHER OR BY A CERTIFIED
TEACHER HOLDING A CERTIFICATE TO TEACH HEALTH  EDUCATION.    INSTRUCTION
CONCERNING  THE  RECOGNITION,  AVOIDANCE, REFUSAL AND REPORTING OF INCI-
DENCES OF SEXUAL ABUSE AND ASSAULT  INCLUDED  IN  THE  HEALTH  EDUCATION
PROVIDED  TO  STUDENTS AT THE SECONDARY SCHOOL GRADES SHALL BE TAUGHT BY
TEACHERS CERTIFIED TO TEACH HEALTH EDUCATION.
  3. TEACHERS SHALL  BE  PROVIDED  WITH  THE  APPROPRIATE  TRAINING  AND
CURRICULA  MATERIALS  CONCERNING  THE  AVOIDANCE  AND REPORTING OF CHILD
SEXUAL ABUSE AND ASSAULT.
  S 2. This act shall  take  effect  on  the  first  of  September  next
succeeding  the  date  on  which  it  shall have become a law, provided,
however, that effective immediately the  commissioner  of  education  is
authorized  to adopt any rules or regulations necessary to implement the
provisions of this act on such effective date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02553-01-9

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