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Jan 08, 2020 | referred to education |
Feb 08, 2019 | referred to education |
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A5260 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §804-e, Ed L
A5260 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Relates to requiring age-appropriate sexuality education in public schools that is age and developmentally appropriate, medically accurate, and respectful of all pupils regardless of race, color, religion, religious practice, national origin, ethnic group, sex, gender, disability, language, sexual orientation, or gender identity; and that addresses physical, mental, emotional and social dimensions of human sexuality.
A5260 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5260 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 8, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GOTTFRIED -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to age-appropriate sexu- ality education in public 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. EACH PUBLIC AND CHARTER SCHOOL SHALL INCLUDE, AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF HEALTH EDUCATION IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH TWELFTH GRADE, A SEXUALITY EDUCATION PROGRAM THAT IS AGE AND DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE, MEDICALLY ACCURATE, AND RESPECT- FUL OF ALL PUPILS REGARDLESS OF RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, RELIGIOUS PRAC- TICE, 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: (A) LEARNING STANDARDS FOR SEXUALITY EDUCA- TION IN GRADES KINDERGARTEN THROUGH TWELVE; (B) 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; (C) GUIDELINES AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE INSTRUCTION IN THE SCHOOLS; (D) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF ALL MATERIALS EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.