assembly Bill A3736

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Mandates comprehensive, medically accurate and age appropriate sex education be taught in all public schools, grades one through twelve

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Feb 07, 2023 referred to education

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A3736 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §817, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A10966
2011-2012: A6474
2013-2014: A6705
2015-2016: A9261
2017-2018: A768
2019-2020: A1904
2021-2022: A7161

A3736 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Mandates comprehensive, medically accurate and age appropriate sex education be taught in all public schools, grades one through twelve; provides that the commissioner of education will create and establish a curriculum to accomplish such goal within one year of the effective date of this legislation.

A3736 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3736
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 7, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. EPSTEIN, CARROLL, SIMON, WALKER, REYES -- Multi-
   Sponsored by -- M. of A. WALLACE -- read  once  and  referred  to  the
   Committee on Education
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the education law, in relation to mandating sex educa-
   tion in elementary and high 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 817 to
 read as follows:
   §  817.  COMPREHENSIVE SEX EDUCATION.  1. THE COMMISSIONER, WORKING IN
 CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONERS OF HEALTH AND MENTAL  HEALTH,  SHALL
 CREATE  AND ESTABLISH A COMPREHENSIVE, MEDICALLY ACCURATE AND AGE APPRO-
 PRIATE SEX EDUCATION CURRICULUM WHICH SHALL  BE  TAUGHT  IN  GRADES  ONE
 THROUGH  TWELVE IN ALL PUBLIC AND CHARTER SCHOOLS. SUCH CURRICULUM SHALL
 BE READY FOR USE WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.
   2. THE CHANCELLOR OF THE NEW YORK CITY SCHOOL SYSTEM, OR  A  BOARD  OF
 EDUCATION  MAY  ADOPT  THEIR OWN CURRICULUM UPON APPROVAL OF THE COMMIS-
 SIONER, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE COMMISSIONER SHALL NOT  APPROVE  ANY
 CURRICULUM  WHICH  DOES  NOT  SUBSTANTIALLY  COMPLY  WITH THE CURRICULUM
 CREATED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION.
   3. SCHOOLS SHALL BEGIN TEACHING THE CURRICULUM ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO
 THIS SECTION IN THE FIRST SCHOOL YEAR  FOLLOWING  CERTIFICATION  BY  THE
 COMMISSIONER THAT SUCH CURRICULUM HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07657-01-3