Assembly Bill A10517

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to comprehensive sexuality education in schools

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  • 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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2017-A10517 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §804-e, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A6512
2021-2022: A6616
2023-2024: A4604

2017-A10517 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires medically accurate sexuality instruction for students in grades K-12 which addresses age and developmentally appropriate physical, mental, emotional and social dimensions of human sexuality and reflects the national sexuality education standards.

2017-A10517 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10517
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 4, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. NOLAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to comprehensive sexuali-
   ty education in 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 804-e
 to read as follows:
   § 804-E. HEALTH EDUCATION REGARDING SEXUALITY. 1.  ALL  SCHOOLS  SHALL
 INCLUDE, AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF HEALTH EDUCATION, COMPREHENSIVE SEXUALI-
 TY  EDUCATION  THAT  IS  AGE  AND DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE, MEDICALLY
 ACCURATE, AND RESPECTFUL OF ALL PUPILS REGARDLESS OF RACE, COLOR,  RELI-
 GION,  RELIGIOUS  PRACTICE,  NATIONAL ORIGIN, ETHNIC GROUP, SEX, GENDER,
 DISABILITY, LANGUAGE, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, OR GENDER IDENTITY.
   2. THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF  HEALTH,
 SHALL  DEVELOP AND ESTABLISH A PROGRAM OF COMPREHENSIVE, MEDICALLY ACCU-
 RATE SEXUALITY INSTRUCTION THAT ADDRESSES AGE AND DEVELOPMENTALLY APPRO-
 PRIATE PHYSICAL, MENTAL, EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF HUMAN  SEXU-
 ALITY  AND,  AT A MINIMUM, REFLECTS THE NATIONAL STANDARDS FOR SEXUALITY
 EDUCATION AND RESPECTS ALL PUPILS REGARDLESS OF RACE,  COLOR,  RELIGION,
 RELIGIOUS PRACTICE, NATIONAL ORIGIN, ETHNIC GROUP, SEX, GENDER, DISABIL-
 ITY,  LANGUAGE, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, OR GENDER IDENTITY.  SUCH PROGRAM OF
 INSTRUCTION SHALL INCLUDE: (I) LEARNING STANDARDS FOR  SEXUALITY  EDUCA-
 TION  IN  GRADES  KINDERGARTEN  THROUGH TWELVE; (II) MODEL CURRICULA FOR
 SEXUALITY EDUCATION IN  GRADES  KINDERGARTEN  THROUGH  TWELVE  INCLUDING
 EXEMPLAR LESSON PLANS, INSTRUCTIONAL TOOLS AND MATERIALS, AND BEST PRAC-
 TICE  INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES THAT ARE SUITABLE TO STUDENT AGE, BASED ON
 COGNITIVE, EMOTIONAL, AND  BEHAVIORAL  CAPACITY;  (III)  GUIDELINES  AND
 PROFESSIONAL   TRAINING  AND  DEVELOPMENT  NECESSARY  TO  IMPLEMENT  THE
 INSTRUCTION IN THE SCHOOLS; (IV) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY  OF  ALL  MATERIALS
 RELATED  TO  SEXUALITY  EDUCATION ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE; AND (V) A
 SYSTEM TO TRACK AND EVALUATE SUCH SEXUALITY EDUCATION. SUCH  PROGRAM  OF
 SEXUALITY  INSTRUCTION  SHALL  BE  REVIEWED  PERIODICALLY,  AT INTERVALS
 DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY THE COMMISSIONER, AND UPDATED AS NECESSARY.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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