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Assembly Bill A5338

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires licensed or certified school social workers in each elementary, intermediate, middle, junior high and senior high school

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2019-A5338 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3477
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §803-b, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A9533, S7526
2021-2022: A7513, S1062
2023-2024: A4873, S54
2025-2026: S1312

2019-A5338 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires at least one full-time licensed or certified school social worker to be employed in each elementary, intermediate, middle, junior high school and senior high school throughout the state.

2019-A5338 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5338
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 11, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. ORTIZ, QUART, JAFFEE, DICKENS, WILLIAMS, COOK,
   D'URSO, DAVILA, BENEDETTO,  MOSLEY,  BICHOTTE,  WRIGHT,  L. ROSENTHAL,
   KIM,  SEAWRIGHT  --  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ARROYO, PRETLOW --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring  a  licensed
   or  certified  social worker in each elementary, intermediate, middle,
   junior high and senior high school
 
   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. SOCIAL WORKERS LICENSED UNDER ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED  FIFTY-FOUR
 OF  THIS  CHAPTER  OR CERTIFIED PURSUANT TO RULES AND REGULATIONS ESTAB-
 LISHED BY THE DEPARTMENT, REQUIRED IN ELEMENTARY, INTERMEDIATE,  MIDDLE,
 JUNIOR HIGH AND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS.  THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OR TRUSTEES
 OF  EVERY  PUBLIC  SCHOOL  DISTRICT IN THE STATE SHALL ON AND AFTER JULY
 FIRST, TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN EMPLOY AND PROVIDE ACCESS TO AT  LEAST  ONE
 LICENSED  OR CERTIFIED SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER IN EACH OF THE SCHOOLS UNDER
 THEIR JURISDICTION EXCLUSIVE OF ANY  SCHOOL  SOCIAL  WORKERS  FUNDED  OR
 MANDATED THROUGH ANY SPECIAL EDUCATION FUNDING, AID, REGULATION OR STAT-
 UTE.  SUCH LICENSED OR CERTIFIED SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER SHALL PERFORM SUCH
 DUTIES WITHIN THEIR LAWFUL SCOPE OF PRACTICE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06390-01-9

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