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                                  1566--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 12, 2023
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 Introduced by Sens. SALAZAR, BRISPORT -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and  when  printed  to  be  committed to the Committee on Education --
   recommitted to the Committee on Education in  accordance  with  Senate
   Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring the  commis-
   sioner  of  education  to make recommendations to the board of regents
   relating to the adoption of instruction on dating violence  prevention
   and healthy relationships for students in grades seven through twelve
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 63 to read as follows:
   63. A. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL  MAKE  RECOMMENDATIONS  TO  THE  REGENTS
 RELATING  TO  THE  ADOPTION OF INSTRUCTION ON DATING VIOLENCE PREVENTION
 AND HEALTHY  RELATIONSHIPS  THAT  IS  AGE-APPROPRIATE  INTO  THE  ANNUAL
 CURRICULUM  FRAMEWORK  FOR  STUDENTS  IN GRADES SEVEN THROUGH TWELVE AND
 WHICH SHALL BE  INCORPORATED  INTO  VARIOUS  CLASS  SUBJECTS,  INCLUDING
 HEALTH.
   B. PRIOR TO MAKING THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE REGENTS, THE COMMISSION-
 ER SHALL:
   (I)  SEEK  THE  RECOMMENDATIONS  OF  TEACHERS,  SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS,
 TEACHER EDUCATORS AND OTHERS WITH EDUCATIONAL EXPERTISE IN THE  PROPOSED
 CURRICULUM;
   (II) SEEK COMMENT FROM PARENTS, STUDENTS AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES;
   (III)  CONSIDER  THE AMOUNT OF INSTRUCTIONAL TIME SUCH CURRICULUM WILL
 REQUIRE AND WHETHER SUCH TIME WOULD DETRACT FROM OTHER MANDATED  COURSES
 OF STUDY;
   (IV)  CONSIDER  THE  FISCAL  IMPACT,  IF  ANY, ON THE STATE AND SCHOOL
 DISTRICTS; AND
   (V) CONSIDER ANY ADDITIONAL FACTORS THE COMMISSIONER DEEMS RELEVANT.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00522-04-4
              

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   C. NO LATER THAN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF
 THIS SUBDIVISION, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROVIDE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE
 REGENTS TO EITHER ADOPT AND PROMULGATE APPROPRIATE RULES AND REGULATIONS
 IMPLEMENTING  SUCH  CURRICULUM  OR  TO REJECT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SUCH
 CURRICULUM. UPON RECEIVING A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMISSIONER PURSU-
 ANT  TO  THIS  SUBDIVISION,  THE  REGENTS SHALL VOTE TO EITHER ACCEPT OR
 REJECT THE COMMISSIONER'S RECOMMENDATION NO LATER THAN SIXTY DAYS  AFTER
 RECEIVING SUCH RECOMMENDATION.
   D.  IF  THE  REGENTS ADOPT SUCH CURRICULUM, THE CURRICULUM REQUIREMENT
 SHALL TAKE EFFECT NO LATER THAN THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR AFTER SUCH  CURRIC-
 ULUM HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
   E.  IF  THE  REGENTS  REJECT  SUCH  CURRICULUM, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL
 PROVIDE A REPORT AS TO THE DETERMINATION OF THE REGENTS TO THE GOVERNOR,
 THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, THE SPEAKER OF THE  ASSEMBLY  AND
 THE  CHAIRS OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES ON EDUCATION PROVIDING
 THE REASONS FOR SUCH REJECTION NOT LATER  THAN  THIRTY  DAYS  AFTER  THE
 REGENTS REJECT SUCH CURRICULUM.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.