Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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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 |
senate Bill S1291A
Sponsored By
Velmanette Montgomery
(D) 0 Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor Calendar
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed/Vetoed by Governor
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Co-Sponsors
Ruth Hassell-Thompson
(D, WF) 0 Senate District
Liz Krueger
(D, WF) 28th Senate District
Kevin S. Parker
(D, WF) 21st Senate District
Bill Perkins
(D, WF) 0 Senate District
S1291 - Details
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.
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
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
Co-Sponsors
Ruth Hassell-Thompson
(D, WF) 0 Senate District
Liz Krueger
(D, WF) 28th Senate District
Kevin S. Parker
(D, WF) 21st Senate District
Bill Perkins
(D, WF) 0 Senate District
S1291A (ACTIVE) - Details
S1291A (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.
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
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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