| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Feb 10, 2016 |
print number 6234b |
| Feb 10, 2016 |
amend (t) and recommit to education |
| Jan 20, 2016 |
print number 6234a |
| Jan 20, 2016 |
amend and recommit to education |
| Jan 06, 2016 |
referred to education |
Senate Bill S6234A
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee
Actions
Bill Amendments
co-Sponsors
(D) 14th Senate District
2015-S6234 - Details
2015-S6234 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6234
TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the education law, in relation to
creating mandatory continuing education for teachers relating to
mental health issues
PURPOSE :
Relates to creating mandatory continuing education for teachers
relating to mental health issues.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :
§ 3001-e. Mandatory continuing education for teacher; mental health
issues. 1. The commissioner shall, in consultation with the
commissioner of health and the commissioner of mental health, create
and administer a mandatory continuing education course for teachers
relating to mental health issues. Such commissioners are authorized to
make any determinations necessary for the implementation of such
education course. 2. Every teacher qualified to teach pursuant to
section three thousand one of this article, shall comply with the
provisions of the mandatory continuing education requirements of this
section. Teachers who do not satisfy the mandatory continuing
education requirements shall not teach until they have met such
requirements and have been issued a certificate of completion. 3. The
continuing education program shall train teachers to accomplish safe
2015-S6234 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
6234
I N S E N A T E
(PREFILED)
January 6, 2016
___________
Introduced by Sen. HAMILTON -- 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 creating mandatory
continuing education for teachers relating to mental health issues
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 3001-e
to read as follows:
S 3001-E. MANDATORY CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR TEACHERS; MENTAL HEALTH
ISSUES. 1. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER
OF HEALTH AND THE COMMISSIONER OF MENTAL HEALTH, CREATE AND ADMINISTER A
MANDATORY CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSE FOR TEACHERS RELATING TO MENTAL
HEALTH ISSUES. SUCH COMMISSIONERS ARE AUTHORIZED TO MAKE ANY DETERMI-
NATIONS NECESSARY FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SUCH EDUCATION COURSE.
2. EVERY TEACHER QUALIFIED TO TEACH PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE THOUSAND
ONE OF THIS ARTICLE, SHALL COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE MANDATORY
CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION. TEACHERS WHO DO NOT
SATISFY THE MANDATORY CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS SHALL NOT TEACH
UNTIL THEY HAVE MET SUCH REQUIREMENTS AND HAVE BEEN ISSUED A CERTIFICATE
OF COMPLETION.
3. THE CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAM SHALL TRAIN TEACHERS TO ACCOMPLISH
SAFE DE-ESCALATION OF CRISIS SITUATIONS, RECOGNITION OF THE SIGNS AND
SYMPTOMS OF MENTAL ILLNESS, AND TIMELY REFERRAL TO MENTAL HEALTH
SERVICES, THE EARLY STAGES OF DEVELOPING MENTAL DISORDERS. THE PROGRAM
SHALL ALSO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES NECESSARY FOR TEACHERS TO ASSIST
STUDENTS IN CRISIS TO CONNECT WITH APPROPRIATE LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH CARE
SERVICES, TRAINING ON MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES, INCLUDING THE LOCATION OF
COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS IN THE STATE AND LOCAL COMMUNITY, AND
TRAINING ON ACTIONS PLANS AND PROTOCOLS FOR REFERRAL TO SUCH RESOURCES.
4. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO TEACHERS SEMIANNUALLY,
HOWEVER TEACHERS SHALL BE REQUIRED TO ONLY ATTEND ANNUALLY, PROVIDED
THAT THEY ARE ISSUED A REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE UPON COMPLETION. TEACH-
ERS SHALL MAINTAIN ADEQUATE DOCUMENTATION OF COMPLETION OF CONTINUING
EDUCATION PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION AND SHALL PROVIDE SUCH DOCUMENTATION
AT THE REQUEST OF THE DEPARTMENT.
co-Sponsors
(D) 14th Senate District
(D) 19th Senate District
2015-S6234A - Details
2015-S6234A - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6234A
TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the education law, in relation to
creating mandatory continuing education for teachers relating to
mental health issues
PURPOSE :
Relates to creating mandatory continuing education for teachers
relating to mental health issues.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :
§ 3001-e. Mandatory continuing education for teacher; mental health
issues. 1. The commissioner shall, in consultation with the
commissioner of health and the commissioner of mental health, create
and administer a mandatory continuing education course for teachers
relating to mental health issues. Such commissioners are authorized to
make any determinations necessary for the implementation of such
education course. 2. Every teacher qualified to teach pursuant to
section three thousand one of this article, shall comply with the
provisions of the mandatory continuing education requirements of this
section. Teachers who do not satisfy the mandatory continuing
education requirements shall not teach until they have met such
requirements and have been issued a certificate of completion. 3. The
continuing education program shall train teachers to accomplish safe
2015-S6234A - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
6234--A
I N S E N A T E
(PREFILED)
January 6, 2016
___________
Introduced by Sens. HAMILTON, COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education --
committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to creating mandatory
continuing education for teachers relating to mental health issues
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 3001-e
to read as follows:
S 3001-E. MANDATORY CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR TEACHERS; MENTAL HEALTH
ISSUES. 1. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER
OF HEALTH AND THE COMMISSIONER OF MENTAL HEALTH, CREATE AND ADMINISTER A
MANDATORY CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSE FOR TEACHERS RELATING TO MENTAL
HEALTH ISSUES. SUCH COMMISSIONERS ARE AUTHORIZED TO MAKE ANY DETERMI-
NATIONS NECESSARY FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SUCH EDUCATION COURSE.
2. EVERY TEACHER QUALIFIED TO TEACH PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE THOUSAND
ONE OF THIS ARTICLE, SHALL COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE MANDATORY
CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION. TEACHERS WHO DO NOT
SATISFY THE MANDATORY CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS SHALL NOT TEACH
UNTIL THEY HAVE MET SUCH REQUIREMENTS AND HAVE BEEN ISSUED A CERTIFICATE
OF COMPLETION.
3. THE CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAM SHALL TRAIN TEACHERS TO ACCOMPLISH
SAFE DE-ESCALATION OF CRISIS SITUATIONS, RECOGNITION OF THE SIGNS AND
SYMPTOMS OF MENTAL ILLNESS, AND TIMELY REFERRAL TO MENTAL HEALTH
SERVICES, THE EARLY STAGES OF DEVELOPING MENTAL DISORDERS. THE PROGRAM
SHALL ALSO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES NECESSARY FOR TEACHERS TO ASSIST
STUDENTS IN CRISIS TO CONNECT WITH APPROPRIATE LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH CARE
SERVICES, TRAINING ON MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES, INCLUDING THE LOCATION OF
COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS IN THE STATE AND LOCAL COMMUNITY, AND
TRAINING ON ACTIONS PLANS AND PROTOCOLS FOR REFERRAL TO SUCH RESOURCES.
4. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO TEACHERS DURING EVERY
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, HOWEVER TEACHERS SHALL BE REQUIRED TO
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
(D) 14th Senate District
(R, C, IP) 62nd Senate District
(D, WF) 21st Senate District
2015-S6234B (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-S6234B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6234B
TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the education law, in relation to
mandatory continuing education for teachers relating to mental health
issues
PURPOSE :
Relates to mandatory continuing education for teachers relating to
mental health issues.
EXISTING LAW :
New
JUSTIFICATION :
Our youth spend more time in school than they do anywhere else except
their own home. School is one of the best places for both educators
and students to become increasingly aware of mental health, mental
health problems and mental disorders. Thusly, making school one of the
most efficient places to use in developing and delivering
interventions that can improve youth mental health effectively and
efficiently.
The Mental Health First Aid curriculum is unique in that it is aimed
2015-S6234B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
6234--B
I N S E N A T E
(PREFILED)
January 6, 2016
___________
Introduced by Sens. HAMILTON, COMRIE, PERSAUD -- read twice and ordered
printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Educa-
tion -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
amended and recommitted to said committee -- committee discharged,
bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said
committee
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to mandatory continuing
education for teachers relating to mental health issues
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 3006-a of the
education law, as added by section 2 of subpart C of part EE of chapter
56 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
a. During each five-year registration period beginning on or after
July first, two thousand sixteen, an applicant for registration shall
successfully complete a minimum of one hundred hours of continuing
teacher and leader education, as defined by the commissioner. SUCH
CONTINUING TEACHER AND LEADER EDUCATION SHALL INCLUDE AT LEAST TWICE
DURING THE FIVE-YEAR REGISTRATION PERIOD, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, CONTIN-
UING EDUCATION COURSES, PROGRAMS, AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO MENTAL
HEALTH. SUCH TRAINING SHALL INCLUDE BEST PRACTICES FOR THE SAFE DE-ESCA-
LATION OF CRISIS SITUATIONS, AND IDENTIFYING SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS, INCLUD-
ING THE EARLY STAGES, OF MENTAL ILLNESSES AND SITUATIONS THAT MAY NECES-
SITATE TIMELY NOTIFICATION TO APPROPRIATE SCHOOL OFFICIALS. The
department shall issue rigorous standards for courses, programs, and
activities[,] that shall qualify as continuing teacher and leader educa-
tion pursuant to this section. For purposes of this section, a peer
review teacher, or a principal acting as an independent trained evalu-
ator, conducting a classroom observation as part of the teacher evalu-
ation system pursuant to section three thousand twelve-d of this article
may credit such time towards his or her continuing teacher and leader
effectiveness requirements.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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