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.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4923
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 10, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. MEEKS, LUCAS, EPSTEIN, DAVILA, ZINERMAN, BRONSON,
GIBBS, REYES, KELLES, RAMOS, SEPTIMO, BICHOTTE HERMELYN -- read once
and referred 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.
LBD08741-01-5
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