New York A 7496: Establishes the healthy and safe students act

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A07496 Summary:

BILL NOA07496A

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SAME ASSAME AS S06901-A

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SPONSORGonzalez-Rojas

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COSPNSRGlick, Paulin, Dinowitz, Lunsford, Epstein, Stirpe, Cruz, Cook, Simon, Hyndman, Reyes, Bronson,
 Rozic, Lavine, Ramos, Rosenthal, Seawright, Lupardo, Hevesi, Hunter, Magnarelli, Burke, Otis,
 Walker, Carroll R, Bichotte Hermelyn, Burdick, Clark, Jacobson, Kelles, Meeks, Forrest, McMahon,
 Rajkumar, Barrett, De Los Santos, Steck, Anderson, Gallagher, Raga, Shimsky, Simone, Cunningham,
 Levenberg, Shrestha, Septimo, Davila, Tapia, Bores, Valdez, Lasher, Lee, Wright, Jackson, Moreno

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §804-e, Ed L

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Establishes the healthy and safe students act; requires comprehensive sexuality instruction for students in grades K-12 which includes a model curricula for comprehensive sexuality education and at a minimum conforms to the content and scope of national sexuality education standards.

Go to top A07496 Actions:

BILL NOA07496A

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03/28/2025referred to education

04/30/2025amend and recommit to education

04/30/2025print number 7496a

01/07/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 7496--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 28, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. GONZALEZ-ROJAS, GLICK, PAULIN, DINOWITZ, LUNS-
 FORD, EPSTEIN, STIRPE, CRUZ, COOK, SIMON, HYNDMAN, REYES, BRONSON,
 ROZIC, LAVINE, RAMOS, ROSENTHAL, SEAWRIGHT, LUPARDO, HEVESI, HUNTER,
 MAGNARELLI, BURKE, OTIS, WALKER, R. CARROLL, BICHOTTE HERMELYN,
 BURDICK, CLARK, JACOBSON, KELLES, MEEKS, FORREST, McMAHON, RAJKUMAR,
 BARRETT, MAMDANI, DE LOS SANTOS, STECK, ANDERSON, GALLAGHER, RAGA,
 SHIMSKY, SIMONE, CUNNINGHAM, LEVENBERG, SHRESTHA, SEPTIMO, DAVILA,
 TAPIA, BORES, VALDEZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on
 Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
 amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing the heal-
 thy and safe students act

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "healthy and safe students act".
 3 § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 804-e to
 4 read as follows:
 5 § 804-e. Healthy and safe students. 1. Each public and charter school
 6 shall ensure all pupils receive, as an integral part of education in
 7 grades kindergarten through twelve, comprehensive sexuality education.
 8 2. The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of health,
 9 shall develop and establish a comprehensive sexuality education program.
 10 Such program of instruction shall include: (i) model curricula for
 11 comprehensive sexuality education in grades kindergarten through twelve
 12 including exemplar lesson plans, instructional tools and materials, and
 13 best practice instructional resources that are suitable to student age,
 14 based on cognitive, emotional, and behavioral capacity and at a minimum
 15 conforms to the content and scope of national sexuality education stand-
 16 ards; (ii) resources to support implementation of the instruction in the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11299-03-5

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 1 schools; and (iii) public availability of all program materials related
 2 to comprehensive sexuality education on the department's website.
 3 3. In the development of such program, the commissioners shall seek
 4 the recommendations of a broad range of experts such as teachers certi-
 5 fied in health, biology, family and consumer science, early childhood
 6 education, and childhood education, certified and licensed social work-
 7 ers, school nurses, school administrators, school board members, parent
 8 teacher association members, others with educational expertise in inti-
 9 mate partner violence, sexual assault, reproductive and sexual health
 10 care, and serving lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning
 11 youth. Such program of comprehensive sexualit