Senate Bill S2354

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to mandatory continuing education for teachers relating to mental health issues and trauma informed care

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-S2354 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9692
Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §7.23, Ment Hyg L; amd §3006-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S8304
2021-2022: S3681

2023-S2354 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to mandatory continuing education for teachers relating to mental health issues and trauma informed care.

2023-S2354 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S2354 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2354
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 20, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  FELDER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the  mental  hygiene  law  and  the  education  law,  in
   relation  to  mandatory  continuing education for teachers relating to
   mental health issues and trauma informed care

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 7.23 of the mental hygiene law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision (d) to read as follows:
   (D)  THE  COMMISSIONER,  IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
 AND THE COMMISSIONER OF  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  EDUCATION,  SHALL  DEVELOP
 COURSE MATERIALS TO BE OFFERED AS PART OF THE REQUIRED CONTINUING TEACH-
 ER AND LEADER EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH A OF SUBDIVI-
 SION  TWO  OF  SECTION  THREE THOUSAND SIX-A OF THE EDUCATION LAW.  SUCH
 TRAINING SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   1. CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSES;
   2. PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO MENTAL HEALTH;
   3. TRAUMA INFORMED CARE, INTERVENTION AND PRACTICES;
   4. ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING;
   5. BEHAVIORAL HEALTH DISORDERS;
   6. BEST PRACTICES FOR IMPROVING THE OVERALL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT;
   7. SAFE DE-ESCALATION OF CRISIS SITUATIONS;
   8. IDENTIFYING SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS, INCLUDING EARLY  STAGES  OF  MENTAL
 ILLNESS AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ISSUES; AND
   9.  THE  USE  OF  EVIDENCE  BASED TRAINING PROGRAMS INCLUDING, BUT NOT
 LIMITED TO, MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID OR CORE ELEMENTS OF SUCH PROGRAMS TO
 THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE.
   § 2. Paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 3006-a of  the  education
 law,  as added by section 2 of subpart C of part EE of chapter 56 of the
 laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03360-01-3
 S. 2354                             2
              

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