Do you support this bill?

Senate Bill S5294

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires that certain persons and educators receive training in mental health

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.

Actions

2023-S5294 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §804, Ed L

2023-S5294 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that all holders of a professional certificate in the classroom teaching service, holders of a level III teaching assistant certificate and holders of a professional certificate in the educational leadership service receive a minimum of three hours of training in mental health per year.

2023-S5294 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S5294 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5294
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 1, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed  to  be committed to the Committee on Alcoholism and Substance
   Use Disorders
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law,  in  relation  to  requiring  certain
   persons receive mental health training each year

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 804 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 8-a to read as follows:
   8-A. ALL HOLDERS OF A PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE IN THE CLASSROOM TEACH-
 ING SERVICE, HOLDERS OF A LEVEL III TEACHING ASSISTANT  CERTIFICATE  AND
 HOLDERS  OF  A  PROFESSIONAL  CERTIFICATE  IN THE EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP
 SERVICE PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH A OF  SUBDIVISION  TWO  OF  SECTION  THREE
 THOUSAND SIX-A OF THIS CHAPTER SHALL RECEIVE A MINIMUM OF THREE HOURS OF
 TRAINING  IN  MENTAL  HEALTH PER YEAR. THE INSTRUCTIONAL CONTENT OF SUCH
 TRAINING SHALL BE CONSISTENT WITH MENTAL  HEALTH  CURRICULUM  GUIDELINES
 ESTABLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONER PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09845-01-3

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.