New York S 3184: Requires the commissioner to establish domestic violence awareness curriculum or instruction to be available in school districts; age appropriate

Bill Text

STATE OF NEW YORK
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3184--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 4, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. KENNEDY -- 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 domestic
violence awareness curriculum or instruction
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 804-e
2 to read as follows:
3 § 804-e. Domestic violence awareness curriculum or instruction. 1.
4 The commissioner, in consultation with the state office for the
5 prevention of domestic violence, the office of children and family
6 services, and any other appropriate agency, shall establish domestic
7 violence awareness curriculum or instruction for school districts. The
8 contents may be varied to meet the needs of particular school districts,
9 or portions thereof, and need not be uniform throughout the state. The
10 content shall be age appropriate and shall be developed according to the
11 needs and abilities of pupils at successive grade levels in order to
12 provide skills, information, and support to aid in domestic violence
13 awareness.
14 2. Schools may include the above materials as a component of its
15 health curriculum or any other way the school deems appropriate.
16 § 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.
EXPLANATION--Matter in (underscored) is new; matter in bracketsitalics
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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