NY State Senate Bill 2023-S7171

Senate Bill S7171

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires instruction on conflict resolution for elementary, middle, and high school students

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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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Jan 03, 2024	referred to education
May 18, 2023	referred to education

2023-S7171 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A5727
Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Add §805, Ed L

2023-S7171 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires age-appropriate instruction on conflict resolution for elementary, middle, and high school students; requires the commissioner to develop curricula for schools in the state for such instruction; directs the commissioner to develop resource materials to facilitate such instruction.

2023-S7171 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S7171

SPONSOR: COONEY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the education law, in relation to requiring instruction
on conflict resolution for elementary, middle, and high school students

 
PURPOSE:

The legislation requires the commissioner to develop curricula for the
instruction of children in grades kindergarten through twelfth grade on
conflict resolution which shall include, but not be limited to, age
appropriate instruction on diffusing conflict and coping mechanisms for
dealing with conflict at home and between peers.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

The education law is amended by adding a new section 805 to read as
follows: § 805. Instruction on conflict resolution. 1. Every elementary
school, middle school, and high school shall include age-appropriate
instruction on conflict resolution as an integral part of the required

curriculum. 2. The commissioner shall develop curricula for the instruc-
tion of children in grades kindergarten through twelfth grade on
conflict resolution which shall include, but not be limited to, age
appropriate instruction on diffusing conflict and coping mechanisms for
dealing with conflict at home and between peers. The commissioner shall
promulgate rules and/or regulations requiring the-instruction of such
curricula at all elementary schools, middle schools, and high schools in
the state. 3. The commissioner shall develop and make available for
school districts in the state any resource materials the commissioner
shall deem necessary and appropriate to facilitate the instruction
required pursuant to this section.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

School-aged children often find themselves in situations where they're
in conflict with other students or adults. Teaching them conflict resol-
ution will allow them to resolve conflict without resorting to violence
or other means that are less appropriate. Once children learn these
skills, it will last throughout their lifetime.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

None

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding the date
on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addi-
tion, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary the
implementation of this act on its effect date are authorized to be made
and completed on or before such effective date.

2023-S7171 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7171
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 18, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COONEY -- 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 requiring  instruction
   on  conflict  resolution  for  elementary,  middle,  and  high  school
   students

   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 805 to
 read as follows:
   § 805. INSTRUCTION ON CONFLICT RESOLUTION. 1. EVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL,
 MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND HIGH SCHOOL SHALL INCLUDE AGE-APPROPRIATE INSTRUCTION
 ON CONFLICT RESOLUTION AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE REQUIRED CURRICULUM.
   2.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  DEVELOP CURRICULA FOR THE INSTRUCTION OF
 CHILDREN IN GRADES KINDERGARTEN THROUGH TWELFTH GRADE ON CONFLICT RESOL-
 UTION WHICH SHALL  INCLUDE,  BUT  NOT  BE  LIMITED  TO,  AGE-APPROPRIATE
 INSTRUCTION ON DIFFUSING CONFLICT AND COPING MECHANISMS FOR DEALING WITH
 CONFLICT  AT  HOME  AND BETWEEN PEERS. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE
 RULES AND/OR REGULATIONS REQUIRING THE INSTRUCTION OF SUCH CURRICULA  AT
 ALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, MIDDLE SCHOOLS, AND HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE STATE.
   3.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  DEVELOP  AND  MAKE  AVAILABLE FOR SCHOOL
 DISTRICTS IN THE STATE ANY RESOURCE  MATERIALS  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL
 DEEM  NECESSARY  AND  APPROPRIATE TO FACILITATE THE INSTRUCTION REQUIRED
 PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July  next  succeeding
 the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the
 addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
 for the implementation of this act on its effective date are  authorized
 to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09520-01-3

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