Senate Bill S1291A

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Mandates comprehensive, medically accurate and age appropriate sex education be taught in all public schools, grades one through twelve

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Delivered to Governor
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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Feb 03, 2014	print number 1291a
Feb 03, 2014	amend and recommit to education
Jan 08, 2014	referred to education
Apr 16, 2013	defeated in education
Mar 11, 2013	notice of committee consideration - requested
Jan 09, 2013	referred to education

Votes

- Apr 16, 2013 - Education Committee Vote
  S1291A
  
  Aye
  
  5
  
  Nay
  
  12
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  1
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  
  0
  - - Education Committee Vote: Apr 16, 2013
      
      aye (5)
      
      Avella
      
      Breslin
      
      Latimer
      
      Montgomery
      
      Stavisky
      
      nay (12)
      
      Farley
      
      Flanagan
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Maziarz
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Robach
      
      Seward
      
      Tkaczyk
      
      Valesky
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      Addabbo Jr.

Bill Amendments

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2013-S1291 - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Add §817, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S1295
2011-2012: S71
2015-2016: S905
2017-2018: S3737
2019-2020: S791

2013-S1291 - 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.

2013-S1291 - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S1291

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 816 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
harm's 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 Committee
2009-1010: Referred to and died in the Senate Committee on Education.
2011-2012: S.71 Died in Committee

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: To be determined.

EFFECTIVE DATE:  The effective date is immediate.

2013-S1291 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  1291

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  MONTGOMERY,  HASSELL-THOMPSON,  KRUEGER,  PARKER,
  PERKINS -- 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 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 816 to
read as follows:
  S  816.  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.
                                                           LBD03892-01-3

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2013-S1291A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Add §817, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S1295
2011-2012: S71
2015-2016: S905
2017-2018: S3737
2019-2020: S791

2013-S1291A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2013-S1291A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S1291A

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 817 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
harm's 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 Committee 2009-2010: Referred
to and died in the Senate Committee on Education.  2011-2012: S.71 -
Died in Committee 2013: S.1291 - Died in Committee

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: To be determined.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date is immediate.

2013-S1291A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 1291--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  MONTGOMERY,  HASSELL-THOMPSON,  KRUEGER,  PARKER,
  PERKINS -- read twice and ordered printed,  and  when  printed  to  be
  committed  to the Committee on Education -- recommitted to the Commit-
  tee on Education in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee
  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
  to said committee

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 817 to
read as follows:
  S 817. 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.
                                                           LBD03892-02-4

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2013-S1291 - Details

2013-S1291 - Summary

2013-S1291 - Sponsor Memo

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2013-S1291A (ACTIVE) - Summary

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2013-S1291 - Summary

2013-S1291 - Sponsor Memo

2013-S1291 - Bill Text download pdf

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2013-S1291A (ACTIVE) - Details

2013-S1291A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2013-S1291A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S1291A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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