Assembly Bill A3953A

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires the commissioner of education to make recommendations to the board of regents relating to instruction on preventing child sexual exploitation and abuse in grades K - 8

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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-A3953 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1953
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §305, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A8993, S6182
2013-2014: A661, S2367
2015-2016: A90, S1947
2019-2020: A2577, S4070

2017-A3953 - Summary

Requires the commissioner of education to make recommendations to the board of regents relating to instruction on preventing child sexual exploitation and child abuse in grades kindergarten through eight.

2017-A3953 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3953
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 30, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. DINOWITZ, HIKIND, SIMOTAS, COOK, COLTON, TITONE,
   ENGLEBRIGHT, MOYA, GUNTHER,  PAULIN,  HOOPER,  TITUS,  MAYER,  WALKER,
   RODRIGUEZ,  GOTTFRIED,  SKOUFIS, SEPULVEDA, MALLIOTAKIS -- Multi-Spon-
   sored by -- M.  of A. ABBATE, ARROYO, BARCLAY, CURRAN,  FAHY,  GIGLIO,
   GRAF,  LAVINE,  LOPEZ, McDONOUGH, ORTIZ, RA, RAIA, SALADINO, THIELE --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend  the  education  law,  in  relation  to  enacting  "Erin
   Merryn's law"
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 "Erin Merryn's law".
   §  2.  Legislative  findings  and  intent.  The  legislature finds and
 declares that child sexual abuse, estimated to affect up to one in  four
 girls  and up to one in six boys, poses a grave threat to the health and
 safety of young people, and its damaging effects can last a lifetime.
   The legislature also finds and declares that  child  sexual  exploita-
 tion, including the use of children in pornography and prostitution, and
 child  abduction pose a similar threat to the health and safety of young
 people, and put child victims at grave risk of death  or  severe  bodily
 harm.
   The  legislature  also  finds and declares that the incidence of child
 sexual abuse, child sexual  exploitation  and  child  abduction  can  be
 reduced  by raising awareness among young children of common dangers and
 warning signs, empowering children to  better  protect  themselves  from
 sexual  predators,  and  teaching  children  how to obtain any necessary
 assistance or services.
   It is hereby declared to be the public policy and in the public inter-
 est of this state to establish a comprehensive  program  to  provide  an
 age-appropriate  course of instruction in the prevention of child abduc-
 tion, child sexual exploitation and child sexual abuse.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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2017-A3953A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1953
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §305, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A8993, S6182
2013-2014: A661, S2367
2015-2016: A90, S1947
2019-2020: A2577, S4070

2017-A3953A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the commissioner of education to make recommendations to the board of regents relating to instruction on preventing child sexual exploitation and child abuse in grades kindergarten through eight.

2017-A3953A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  3953--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 30, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. DINOWITZ, HIKIND, SIMOTAS, COOK, COLTON, TITONE,
   ENGLEBRIGHT, GUNTHER, PAULIN, HOOPER, TITUS, MAYER, WALKER, RODRIGUEZ,
   GOTTFRIED, SKOUFIS, SEPULVEDA, MALLIOTAKIS -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
   of A.  ABBATE, ARROYO, BARCLAY, CURRAN, FAHY,  GIGLIO,  LAVINE,  McDO-
   NOUGH,  ORTIZ,  RA,  RAIA,  THIELE  --  read  once and referred to the
   Committee on Education -- recommitted to the Committee on Education in
   accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation  to  child  sexual  abuse
   awareness
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 57 to read as follows:
   57. A. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL CONSULT AND COLLABORATE WITH THE COMMIS-
 SIONER OF HEALTH AND APPROPRIATE ORGANIZATIONS THAT  HAVE  EXPERTISE  IN
 THE  PREVENTION OF CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND CHILD ABUSE, AS WELL AS
 OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES, TO ESTABLISH AND DEVELOP A PROGRAM WITHIN  THE
 DEPARTMENT  RELATED  TO  THE PREVENTION OF CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND
 CHILD ABUSE IN GRADES KINDERGARTEN THROUGH EIGHT. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL  BE
 DEFINED  BY  THE COMMISSIONER IN REGULATIONS AFTER CONSULTATION WITH THE
 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND BE DESIGNED TO EDUCATE  STUDENTS,  PARENTS  AND
 SCHOOL  PERSONNEL  ABOUT THE PREVENTION OF CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND
 CHILD ABUSE IN GRADES KINDERGARTEN THROUGH  EIGHT.  SUCH  PROGRAM  SHALL
 INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   (I)  AGE-APPROPRIATE MODEL CURRICULUM, EXEMPLAR LESSON PLANS, AND BEST
 PRACTICE  INSTRUCTIONAL  RESOURCES  FOR  STUDENTS,  PARENTS  AND  SCHOOL
 PERSONNEL  DESIGNED  TO PROMOTE THE PREVENTION OF CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITA-
 TION AND CHILD ABUSE. SUCH MODEL CURRICULUM, LESSON PLANS  AND  INSTRUC-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03175-05-8
              

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