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Assembly Bill A3688

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Provides that all public schools shall include as a part of health education instruction concerning the prevention and reporting of sexual abuse and assault

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2019-A3688 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §803-b, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A384
2011-2012: A1960
2013-2014: A1345
2015-2016: A1037
2017-2018: A533

2019-A3688 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that all public schools shall include as a part of health education instruction concerning the prevention and reporting of sexual abuse and assault.

2019-A3688 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3688
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 30, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to instruction  regarding
   the prevention and reporting of sexual abuse and assault
 
   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  803-b
 to read as follows:
   §  803-B.  HEALTH  EDUCATION  REGARDING PREVENTION OF SEXUAL ABUSE AND
 ASSAULT. 1. ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS SHALL INCLUDE, AS  AN  INTEGRAL  PART  OF
 HEALTH  EDUCATION,  INSTRUCTION  CONCERNING  THE RECOGNITION, AVOIDANCE,
 REFUSAL AND REPORTING OF INCIDENCES OF SEXUAL ABUSE AND ASSAULT.    SUCH
 INSTRUCTION  SHALL  REFLECT  CURRENT  PRACTICES  AND  STANDARDS  IN  THE
 PREVENTION OF SEXUAL ABUSE AND ASSAULT OF CHILDREN.
   2. AGE APPROPRIATE INSTRUCTION CONCERNING THE RECOGNITION,  AVOIDANCE,
 REFUSAL AND REPORTING OF INCIDENCES OF SEXUAL ABUSE AND ASSAULT INCLUDED
 IN  THE  HEALTH  EDUCATION PROVIDED TO STUDENTS AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
 GRADES MAY BE TAUGHT BY A REGULAR CLASSROOM TEACHER OR  BY  A  CERTIFIED
 TEACHER  HOLDING  A  CERTIFICATE TO TEACH HEALTH EDUCATION.  INSTRUCTION
 CONCERNING THE RECOGNITION, AVOIDANCE, REFUSAL AND  REPORTING  OF  INCI-
 DENCES  OF  SEXUAL  ABUSE  AND  ASSAULT INCLUDED IN THE HEALTH EDUCATION
 PROVIDED TO STUDENTS AT THE SECONDARY SCHOOL GRADES SHALL BE  TAUGHT  BY
 TEACHERS CERTIFIED TO TEACH HEALTH EDUCATION.
   3.  TEACHERS  SHALL  BE  PROVIDED  WITH  THE  APPROPRIATE TRAINING AND
 CURRICULA MATERIALS CONCERNING THE  AVOIDANCE  AND  REPORTING  OF  CHILD
 SEXUAL ABUSE AND ASSAULT.
   §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  on  the first of September next
 succeeding the date on which it  shall  have  become  a  law,  provided,
 however,  that  effective  immediately  the commissioner of education is
 authorized to adopt any rules or regulations necessary to implement  the
 provisions of this act on such effective date.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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