NY State Senate Bill 2021-S2584A

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Jan 05, 2022	referred to education
Mar 04, 2021	print number 2584a
Mar 04, 2021	amend and recommit to education
Jan 21, 2021	referred to education

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2021-S2584 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A6616
Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Add §804-e, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: A10517
2019-2020: S4844, A6512
2023-2024: A4604

2021-S2584 - Summary

Requires comprehensive sexuality instruction for students in grades K-12 which includes a model curricula for comprehensive sexuality education and at a minimum conforms to the content and scope of national sexuality education standards.

2021-S2584 - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S2584

SPONSOR: BROUK
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the education law, in relation to comprehensive sexuali-
ty education in schools

 
PURPOSE:

The purpose of this legislation is to provide students with a comprehen-
sive sexuality education that is age appropriate, medically accurate,
and inclusive of all students.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 - Amends the education law by adding a new section 804-e.
Paragraph one requires each public and charter school to provide
students in grades kindergarten through twelve with comprehensive sexu-
ality education. Paragraph two requires the commissioner in consultation
with the commissioner of health to develop a sexuality education program
that includes learning standards, model curricula, professional train-

ing, public availability of all materials, and a system to track and
evaluate sexuality education. Paragraph three directs the commissioner
to prescribe in regulations the contents, topics, and courses to be
included in sexuality education. Paragraph four requires the commission-
er to make recommendations to the regents by December first next
succeeding the effective date. Two years from the effective date schools
must begin instruction in comprehensive sexuality education. Paragraph
five instructs boards of education to establish advisory groups made up
of teachers, parents, school officials, and community members. To make
recommendations regarding the curriculum, content, and evaluation of
sexuality education.  Paragraph six requires school districts to estab-
lish a process for parents to opt their child out of sexuality educa-
tion. Paragraph 7 defines the term "comprehensive sexuality education".

Section 2 - Effective Date

 
EXISTING LAW:

This is a new section of law.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Currently, New York does not instruct students in medically accurate,
age appropriate comprehensive sexual education. Instruction in sexual
education results in improved educational outcomes for students. A
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention analysis of social-emotional
skills program led to significant reductions in dropout rates. Studies
have also found that students who receive comprehensive sexuality educa-
tion, delay the initiation and reduce the frequency of sexual inter-
course, have fewer sexual partners, and practice safe sex. Currently 3
in 10 women in New York become pregnant at least once before their 20th
birthday and teenagers represent a bout 50% of the new STI cases in New
York. A comprehensive sexuality education will empower and educate
students to make responsible decisions. It is critical that New York
students receive this education.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
S.4844/2019 - Referred to Education

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.

2021-S2584 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2584
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 21, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BROUK  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed 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. COMPREHENSIVE SEXUALITY EDUCATION. 1. EACH PUBLIC AND CHARTER
 SCHOOL SHALL INCLUDE, AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF EDUCATION IN GRADES KINDER-
 GARTEN THROUGH TWELVE, COMPREHENSIVE SEXUALITY EDUCATION.
   2. THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF  HEALTH,
 SHALL DEVELOP AND ESTABLISH A COMPREHENSIVE SEXUALITY EDUCATION PROGRAM.
 SUCH  PROGRAM  OF  INSTRUCTION SHALL INCLUDE: (I) LEARNING STANDARDS FOR
 COMPREHENSIVE SEXUALITY EDUCATION IN GRADES KINDERGARTEN THROUGH  TWELVE
 THAT,  AT A MINIMUM, REFLECT THE NATIONAL SEXUALITY EDUCATION STANDARDS;
 (II) MODEL CURRICULA FOR COMPREHENSIVE  SEXUALITY  EDUCATION  IN  GRADES
 KINDERGARTEN  THROUGH  TWELVE  INCLUDING EXEMPLAR LESSON PLANS, INSTRUC-
 TIONAL TOOLS AND MATERIALS, AND BEST  PRACTICE  INSTRUCTIONAL  RESOURCES
 THAT  ARE  SUITABLE  TO  STUDENT AGE, BASED ON COGNITIVE, EMOTIONAL, AND
 BEHAVIORAL CAPACITY; (III)  GUIDELINES  AND  PROFESSIONAL  TRAINING  AND
 DEVELOPMENT  RESOURCES  TO  SUPPORT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INSTRUCTION IN
 THE SCHOOLS; (IV) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF ALL PROGRAM  MATERIALS  RELATED
 TO  COMPREHENSIVE  SEXUALITY  EDUCATION ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE; AND
 (V) A SYSTEM TO TRACK AND EVALUATE SUCH COMPREHENSIVE  SEXUALITY  EDUCA-
 TION  INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, A REPORTING REQUIREMENT THAT TRACKS
 AND MAKES  DISTRICT  COMPLIANCE  PUBLICLY  AVAILABLE.  SUCH  PROGRAM  OF
 COMPREHENSIVE  SEXUALITY  INSTRUCTION  SHALL BE REVIEWED PERIODICALLY BY
 THE COMMISSIONER IN CONSULTATION WITH THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  HEALTH,  AT
 INTERVALS SPECIFIED BY THE COMMISSIONER, AND UPDATED AS NECESSARY.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06644-01-1

 S. 2584                             2
 
   3.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  PRESCRIBE  IN REGULATIONS SUCH CONTENTS,
 TOPICS AND COURSES TO BE INCLUDED IN A CURRICULUM OF COMPREHENSIVE SEXU-
 ALITY INSTRUCTION; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT  SUCH  REGULATIONS  RECOGNIZE
 THE  DIVERSITY OF STUDENTS, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOL DISTRICTS
 AND  SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND RESPECT ALL STUDENTS REGARDLESS OF
 RACE, COLOR,  RELIGION,  RELIGIOUS  PRACTICE,  NATIONAL  ORIGIN,  ETHNIC
 GROUP,  SEX,  GENDER, GENDER IDENTITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, DISABILITY OR
 LANGUAGE; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE  CURRICULA  NEED  NOT  BE  UNIFORM
 THROUGHOUT  THE  STATE;  AND  PROVIDED  FURTHER,  HOWEVER,  THAT  SCHOOL
 DISTRICTS SHALL UTILIZE EITHER A CURRICULUM FOR COMPREHENSIVE  SEXUALITY
 EDUCATION  INSTRUCTION PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMISSIONER OR A CURRICULUM IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH THE STANDARDS AND CRITERIA ESTABLISHED  BY  THE  COMMIS-
 SIONER.
   4. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD OF REGENTS
 ABOUT  A PROGRAM ON COMPREHENSIVE SEXUALITY EDUCATION, RELEVANT LEARNING
 STANDARDS, MODEL CURRICULA  AND  CURRICULUM  RESOURCES,  GUIDELINES  AND
 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES BY DECEMBER FIRST NEXT SUCCEEDING THE
 EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.  UPON APPROVAL AND ADOPTION BY THE BOARD
 OF  REGENTS, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ISSUE GUIDANCE TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS
 ABOUT THE PROGRAM ON COMPREHENSIVE SEXUALITY INSTRUCTION AND PUBLISH  ON
 ITS WEBSITE MODEL CURRICULA AND INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES REQUIRED BY THIS
 SECTION.   SCHOOL DISTRICTS SHALL PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE SEXUALITY EDUCA-
 TION INSTRUCTION NO LATER THAN THE  BEGINNING  OF  THE  NEXT  SUCCEEDING
 SCHOOL YEAR STARTING TWO YEARS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.
 NO  LATER  THAN  THE THIRD YEAR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION
 AND EVERY YEAR THEREAFTER, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL  POST  CONSPICUOUSLY  ON
 THE  DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE IN A MANNER SEARCHABLE BY INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL, A
 REPORT FOR THE PRECEDING ACADEMIC YEAR FOR EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT AND  FOR
 EACH  SCHOOL  WITHIN  EACH  DISTRICT.  THE REPORT SHALL INCLUDE FOR EACH
 GRADE LEVEL IN EACH SCHOOL, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, DATA SPECIFYING:  (I)
 THE  NUMBER  OF  HOURS PER SEMESTER OF COMPREHENSIVE SEXUALITY EDUCATION
 RECEIVED BY STUDENTS IN THAT  GRADE;  AND  (II)  THE  TOTAL  NUMBER  AND
 PERCENTAGE  OF  STUDENTS  IN  EACH GRADE WHO HAVE RECEIVED THE AMOUNT OF
 COMPREHENSIVE SEXUALITY  EDUCATION  REQUIRED  BY  THIS  SECTION  IN  THE
 PRECEDING ACADEMIC YEAR.
   5.  THE  BOARDS  OF  EDUCATION  OR  TRUSTEES  OF THE CITIES AND SCHOOL
 DISTRICTS OF THE STATE SHALL EACH ESTABLISH AN  ADVISORY  COUNCIL  WHICH
 SHALL  MAKE  RECOMMENDATIONS  TO  THE  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION  OR TRUSTEES
 CONCERNING THE CURRICULUM, CONTENT, AND EVALUATION OF THE  COMPREHENSIVE
 SEXUALITY  EDUCATION  REQUIRED  PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.   THE ADVISORY
 COUNCIL SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NEED NOT BE LIMITED TO, MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL
 BOARD OR TRUSTEES, SCHOOL  AUTHORITIES,  TEACHERS  AND  OTHER  STAFF  AS
 RECOMMENDED  BY THE TEACHERS' LABOR ORGANIZATION, PARENTS, STUDENTS, AND
 OTHER REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMUNITY.  CONSISTENT WITH THE  COMPREHEN-
 SIVE  SEXUALITY EDUCATION PROGRAM ESTABLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONER PURSU-
 ANT TO THIS SECTION, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION  OR  TRUSTEES  OF  A  SCHOOL
 DISTRICT SHALL DETERMINE THE CURRICULUM AND CONTENT OF THE PROGRAM WITH-
 IN  THE  SCHOOL  DISTRICT AND SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EVALUATION OF
 THE PROGRAM WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
   6. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION  AND  TRUSTEES  OF  THE  CITIES  AND  SCHOOL
 DISTRICTS  OF  THE  STATE SHALL ESTABLISH A PROCESS BY WHICH A PARENT OR
 GUARDIAN OF A STUDENT MAY ELECT FOR THE STUDENT NOT  TO  PARTICIPATE  IN
 COMPREHENSIVE  SEXUALITY EDUCATION; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH PROCESS
 SHALL REQUIRE WRITTEN NOTICE SIGNED BY THE STUDENT'S PARENT OR  GUARDIAN
 FOR  EACH  SCHOOL  YEAR  AND  WHICH SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN THE STUDENT'S
 RECORD.

 S. 2584                             3

   7. AS USED IN THIS ARTICLE, "COMPREHENSIVE SEXUALITY EDUCATION"  MEANS
 A  MEDICALLY ACCURATE, AGE-APPROPRIATE SEQUENTIAL LEARNING PROGRAM WHICH
 ADDRESSES PHYSICAL, MENTAL, EMOTIONAL AND  SOCIAL  DIMENSIONS  OF  HUMAN
 SEXUALITY, IS TRAUMA-RESPONSIVE AND CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE, INCORPORATES
 SKILLS-BASED  INSTRUCTION,  AND  IS  RESPECTFUL  AND  INCLUSIVE  OF  ALL
 STUDENTS  REGARDLESS  OF  RACE,  COLOR,  RELIGION,  RELIGIOUS  PRACTICE,
 NATIONAL ORIGIN, ETHNIC GROUP, SEX, GENDER, DISABILITY, LANGUAGE, SEXUAL
 ORIENTATION,  OR  GENDER  IDENTITY.    COMPREHENSIVE SEXUALITY EDUCATION
 SHALL INCLUDE, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO,  AGE-APPROPRIATE  INSTRUCTION  ON:
 (I)  HUMAN  ANATOMY, REPRODUCTION, AND SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; (II) CONSENT,
 BODILY AUTONOMY,  AND  HEALTHY  RELATIONSHIPS,  INCLUDING  RELATIONSHIPS
 INVOLVING DIVERSE SEXUAL ORIENTATIONS AND GENDER IDENTITIES; (III) METH-
 ODS  FOR  PREVENTING PREGNANCY AND SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS; (IV)
 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SUBSTANCE USE AND SEXUAL BEHAVIOR  AND  HEALTH;
 AND  (V)  THE  USE  OF TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIAL MEDIA IN INTIMATE RELATION-
 SHIPS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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2021-S2584A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A6616
Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Add §804-e, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: A10517
2019-2020: S4844, A6512
2023-2024: A4604

2021-S2584A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-S2584A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S2584A

SPONSOR: BROUK
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the education law, in relation to comprehensive sexuali-
ty education in schools

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

The purpose of this legislation is to provide students with a comprehen-
sive sexuality education that is age appropriate, medically accurate,
and inclusive of all students.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1 - Amends the education law by adding a new section 804-e.
Paragraph one requires each public and charter school to provide
students in grades kindergarten through twelve with comprehensive sexu-
ality education. Paragraph two requires the commissioner in consultation
with the commissioner of health to develop a sexuality education

program. Paragraph three directs the commissioner to consult a broad
range of experts in the development of the program.

Paragraph four directs the commissioner to prescribe in regulations the
contents and topics to be included in sexuality education.

Paragraph five requires the commissioner to issue guidance to school
districts and publish model curricula on the State Education Department
website. Instruction shall occur no later than the school year following
the effective date. Paragraph six instructs boards of education that
elect not to adopt the model curricula to establish diverse advisory
groups to make recommendations regarding the curriculum, content, of
sexuality education for the school district that conforms in content and
scope to the comprehensive sexuality education program established by
the commissioner. Paragraph seven requires school districts to establish
a process for parents to opt their child out of select lessons regarding
HIV/AIDS prevention, in accordance with current regulations. Paragraph
eight defines the term "comprehensive sexuality education".

Section 2 - Effective Date

 
JUSTIFICATION:

New York does not currently require sex education to be taught in
schools beyond certain requirements related to HIV/AIDS. Of the public
schools that do provide sex education, the curriculum is often inaccu-
rate, incomplete, or biased. It often fails to prepare students to make
healthy, informed, and consensual decisions about relationships. LGBTQ
relationships are often stigmatized or ignored entirely. Even basic
information about anatomy is inaccurate, and materials often reinforce
negative gender stereotypes.

Comprehensive sexuality education covers issues like healthy relation-
ships, body image, and self-esteem. In kindergarten, that looks like
basic lessons about friendship and communication, providing students
with the building blocks they need to tackle issues like consent and
sexual health years later in middle and high school. At older ages those

lessons include health matters like preventing unintended pregnancy and
sexually transmitted infections (STIs).

Comprehensive sexuality education results in improved educational
outcomes for students. A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
analysis of social-emotional skills program led to significant
reductions in dropout rates.  Studies have also found that students who
receive comprehensive sexuality education delay the initiation and
reduce the frequency of sexual intercourse, have fewer sexual partners,
and practice safe sex. Currently 3 in 10 women in New York become preg-
nant at least once before their 20th birthdays, and teenagers represent
about 50% of the new STI cases in New York.

Comprehensive sexuality education is about more than reducing the rates
of STIs and unintended pregnancy.  Educating students about dating
violence prevention, consent, and healthy relationships will reduce
interpersonal violence, sexual harassment, and toxic relationships. The
 MeToo movement is part of a reckoning about the pervasiveness of sexual
harassment and violence in our culture. Young people are, unfortunately,
not immune.  Nationally, more than two thirds of teenagers who are or
have been in a relationship report experiencing some form of sexual,
physical, or emotional abuse. In New York City, about 12 percent of
teenagers reported experiencing physical dating violence. Without
comprehensive sexuality education, sexual harassment and toxic relation-
ships will continue to spread.

Comprehensive sexuality education will also make schools safer places
for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning youth.
Gay, lesbian, and bisexual students are almost twice as likely as heter-
osexual students to report not going to school because they felt unsafe
at, or on their way to or from, school. For transgender and gender non-
confirming youth, school can be even more difficult:  in New York, 74%
of transgender students (or those perceived as transgender) experience
some form of mistreatment: 50% were verbally harassed, 23% report being
physically assaulted, and 12% experienced sexual violence between
kindergarten and 12th grade. School victimization has been linked with
decreased academic achievement, increased suicide ideation, increased
rates of absenteeism, and negative impacts on their emotional health.
Comprehensive sexuality education that dispels stigma around sexuality
and gender combats discrimination, bullying, and harassment and promotes
respect for all youth.

Across party lines, parents overwhelmingly support comprehensive sexual-
ity education in schools. According to a national poll of parents, 93.5%
feel it is important that sex education is taught in middle school, and
96% feel it is important that sex education is taught in high school.

All young people deserve the knowledge, skills, and resources to make
healthy and informed decisions about their bodies and relationships.
Comprehensive sexuality education will empower and educate students to
protect their health and build their futures - without shame or judg-
ment. It is critical that New York students receive this education.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

S.4844/2019 - Referred to Education

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
July 1, 2024.

2021-S2584A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  2584--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 21, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. BROUK, GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to  the  Committee  on  Education  --
   committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
   recommitted to said committee
 
 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. COMPREHENSIVE SEXUALITY EDUCATION. 1. EACH PUBLIC AND CHARTER
 SCHOOL SHALL ENSURE ALL PUPILS RECEIVE, AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF EDUCATION
 IN GRADES KINDERGARTEN THROUGH TWELVE,  COMPREHENSIVE  SEXUALITY  EDUCA-
 TION.
   2.  THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH,
 SHALL DEVELOP AND ESTABLISH A COMPREHENSIVE SEXUALITY EDUCATION PROGRAM.
 SUCH PROGRAM OF INSTRUCTION  SHALL  INCLUDE:  (I)  MODEL  CURRICULA  FOR
 COMPREHENSIVE  SEXUALITY EDUCATION IN GRADES KINDERGARTEN THROUGH TWELVE
 INCLUDING EXEMPLAR LESSON PLANS, INSTRUCTIONAL TOOLS AND MATERIALS,  AND
 BEST  PRACTICE INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES THAT ARE SUITABLE TO STUDENT AGE,
 BASED ON COGNITIVE, EMOTIONAL, AND BEHAVIORAL CAPACITY AND AT A  MINIMUM
 CONFORMS TO THE CONTENT AND SCOPE OF NATIONAL SEXUALITY EDUCATION STAND-
 ARDS; (II) RESOURCES TO SUPPORT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INSTRUCTION IN THE
 SCHOOLS;  AND (III) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF ALL PROGRAM MATERIALS RELATED
 TO COMPREHENSIVE SEXUALITY EDUCATION ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE.
   3. IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUCH PROGRAM, THE  COMMISSIONERS  SHALL  SEEK
 THE  RECOMMENDATIONS OF A BROAD RANGE OF EXPERTS SUCH AS TEACHERS CERTI-
 FIED IN HEALTH, BIOLOGY, FAMILY AND CONSUMER  SCIENCE,  EARLY  CHILDHOOD
 EDUCATION,  AND CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, CERTIFIED AND LICENSED SOCIAL WORK-
 ERS, SCHOOL NURSES, SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS,  PARENT
 TEACHER  ASSOCIATION MEMBERS, OTHERS WITH EDUCATIONAL EXPERTISE IN INTI-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD06644-03-1

 S. 2584--A                          2
 
 MATE PARTNER VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, REPRODUCTIVE  AND  SEXUAL  HEALTH
 CARE,  AND  SERVING  LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER AND QUESTIONING
 YOUTH. SUCH PROGRAM OF  COMPREHENSIVE  SEXUALITY  INSTRUCTION  SHALL  BE
 REVIEWED  PERIODICALLY  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER  IN  CONSULTATION WITH THE
 COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH, AT INTERVALS SPECIFIED BY THE COMMISSIONER,  AND
 UPDATED AS NECESSARY.
   4.  THE  COMMISSIONER SHALL PRESCRIBE IN REGULATIONS SUCH CONTENTS AND
 TOPICS TO  BE  INCLUDED  IN  A  CURRICULUM  OF  COMPREHENSIVE  SEXUALITY
 INSTRUCTION;  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER, THAT THE CURRICULA NEED NOT BE UNIFORM
 THROUGHOUT  THE  STATE;  AND  PROVIDED  FURTHER,  HOWEVER,  THAT  SCHOOL
 DISTRICTS  SHALL UTILIZE EITHER A CURRICULUM FOR COMPREHENSIVE SEXUALITY
 EDUCATION INSTRUCTION PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMISSIONER OR A CURRICULUM  IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH THE CRITERIA ESTABLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   5.  UPON APPROVAL AND ADOPTION BY THE BOARD OF REGENTS, THE DEPARTMENT
 SHALL ISSUE GUIDANCE TO  THE  SCHOOL  DISTRICTS  ABOUT  THE  PROGRAM  ON
 COMPREHENSIVE  SEXUALITY  INSTRUCTION  AND  PUBLISH ON ITS WEBSITE MODEL
 CURRICULA AND INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION.   SCHOOL
 DISTRICTS SHALL PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE SEXUALITY EDUCATION INSTRUCTION NO
 LATER THAN THE SCHOOL YEAR FOLLOWING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.
 NO  LATER  THAN THE SECOND YEAR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION
 AND AS NECESSARY THEREAFTER, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL CONDUCT A REVIEW  OF
 DISTRICT IMPLEMENTATION TO MONITOR COMPLIANCE.
   6.  THE  BOARDS  OF  EDUCATION  OR  TRUSTEES  OF THE CITIES AND SCHOOL
 DISTRICTS OF THE STATE THAT CHOOSE NOT TO  ADOPT  THE  MODEL  CURRICULUM
 APPROVED  BY THE BOARD OF REGENTS SHALL EACH ESTABLISH AN ADVISORY COUN-
 CIL WHICH SHALL MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OR  TRUS-
 TEES  CONCERNING  THE CURRICULUM, CONTENT, AND EVALUATION OF THE COMPRE-
 HENSIVE SEXUALITY EDUCATION REQUIRED PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SECTION.    THE
 ADVISORY  COUNCIL  SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NEED NOT BE LIMITED TO, MEMBERS OF
 THE SCHOOL BOARD OR TRUSTEES, SCHOOL AUTHORITIES, A  TEACHER  DESIGNATED
 BY A TEACHER'S COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ORGANIZATION, OTHER STAFF, PARENTS,
 STUDENTS,  AND  OTHER  REPRESENTATIVES  OF  THE  COMMUNITY. THE BOARD OF
 EDUCATION OR TRUSTEES OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL DETERMINE  THE  CURRIC-
 ULUM  AND CONTENT OF THE PROGRAM WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND SHALL BE
 RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EVALUATION OF THE PROGRAM WITHIN  THE  DISTRICT  AND
 ENSURING  THE PROGRAM CONFORMS IN CONTENT AND SCOPE TO THE COMPREHENSIVE
 SEXUALITY EDUCATION PROGRAM ESTABLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   7. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION  AND  TRUSTEES  OF  THE  CITIES  AND  SCHOOL
 DISTRICTS  OF  THE  STATE SHALL ESTABLISH A PROCESS BY WHICH A PARENT OR
 GUARDIAN OF A STUDENT MAY ELECT FOR THE STUDENT NOT  TO  PARTICIPATE  IN
 SELECT  LESSONS  REGARDING  HIV/AIDS PREVENTION; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT
 SUCH PROCESS SHALL REQUIRE WRITTEN NOTICE SIGNED BY THE STUDENT'S PARENT
 OR GUARDIAN FOR EACH SCHOOL YEAR.
   8. AS USED IN THIS ARTICLE, "COMPREHENSIVE SEXUALITY EDUCATION"  MEANS
 A  MEDICALLY ACCURATE, AGE-APPROPRIATE SEQUENTIAL LEARNING PROGRAM WHICH
 ADDRESSES PHYSICAL, MENTAL, EMOTIONAL AND  SOCIAL  DIMENSIONS  OF  HUMAN
 SEXUALITY, IS TRAUMA-RESPONSIVE AND CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE, INCORPORATES
 SKILLS-BASED  INSTRUCTION;  PROVIDES  STUDENTS WITH KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
 THEY NEED TO FORM RELATIONSHIPS THAT ARE BASED  ON  MUTUAL  RESPECT  AND
 AFFECTION  AND  THAT ARE FREE FROM VIOLENCE, COERCION, AND INTIMIDATION;
 AND ARE RESPECTFUL AND INCLUSIVE OF ALL STUDENTS REGARDLESS OF ACTUAL OR
 PERCEIVED RACE, COLOR, WEIGHT, NATIONAL ORIGIN, ETHNIC GROUP,  RELIGION,
 RELIGIOUS PRACTICE, DISABILITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, OR GENDER AS DEFINED
 IN  SECTION  ELEVEN  OF THIS CHAPTER.  COMPREHENSIVE SEXUALITY EDUCATION
 SHALL INCLUDE, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO,  AGE-APPROPRIATE  INSTRUCTION  ON:
 (I)  HUMAN  ANATOMY, REPRODUCTION, AND SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; (II) CONSENT,

 S. 2584--A                          3
 
 BODILY AUTONOMY, BOUNDARY-SETTING, BULLYING, AND  PEER  PRESSURE;  (III)
 HEALTHY  RELATIONSHIPS, INCLUDING RELATIONSHIPS INVOLVING DIVERSE SEXUAL
 ORIENTATIONS AND GENDER IDENTITIES AND PREVENTION  OF  INTIMATE  PARTNER
 VIOLENCE,  SEXUAL  VIOLENCE  AND  SEXUAL  HARASSMENT;  (IV)  METHODS FOR
 PREVENTING PREGNANCY AND SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED  INFECTIONS;  (V)  GENDER,
 GENDER  EXPRESSION,  GENDER  IDENTITY, DIVERSITY OF SEX CHARACTERISTICS,
 AND THE HARMS OF  GENDER  STEREOTYPES;  (VI)  THE  RELATIONSHIP  BETWEEN
 SUBSTANCE USE AND SEXUAL BEHAVIOR AND HEALTH; AND (VII) THE USE OF TECH-
 NOLOGY AND SOCIAL MEDIA IN INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.

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Senate Bill S2584A

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee

Bill Amendments

co-Sponsors

2021-S2584 - Details

2021-S2584 - Summary

2021-S2584 - Sponsor Memo

2021-S2584 - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

2021-S2584A (ACTIVE) - Details

2021-S2584A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-S2584A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S2584A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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