New York A 6749: Authorizes a correction to an error in the tax assessment rolls of the Bath Central School District; and making an appropriation therefor

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A06749 Summary:

BILL NOA06749 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSimone

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Amd §804, Ed L

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Requires schools to provide for health education pertaining to cannabis use.

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03/11/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 6749

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 11, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. SIMONE -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to providing for health
 education pertaining to cannabis

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

 1 Section 1. Section 804 of the education law, as amended by chapter 390
 2 of the laws of 2016, subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 1 of the laws
 3 of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
 4 § 804. Health education regarding mental health, alcohol, [drugs,]
 5 tobacco, cannabis and drug abuse and the prevention and detection of
 6 certain cancers. 1. All schools shall ensure that their health educa-
 7 tion programs recognize the multiple dimensions of health by including
 8 mental health and the relation of physical and mental health so as to
 9 enhance student understanding, attitudes and behaviors that promote
 10 health, well-being and human dignity.
 11 2. All schools shall include, as an integral part of health education,
 12 instruction so as to discourage the misuse and abuse of alcohol,
 13 tobacco, cannabis and other drugs and promote attitudes and behavior
 14 that enhance health, well being, and human dignity.
 15 3. Instruction regarding alcohol, tobacco, cannabis and other drugs
 16 shall be included in the health education provided for all elementary
 17 school pupils and shall be taught by the regular classroom teachers or
 18 by teachers certified to teach health education. Such instruction shall
 19 be designed according to the needs and abilities of the pupils at
 20 successive grade levels with the purpose of developing desirable health
 21 behavior, attitudes, and knowledge as well as self-reliance and problem
 22 solving capacity.
 23 4. Instruction regarding alcohol, tobacco, cannabis and other drugs,
 24 in addition to continued health guidance in the junior high school
 25 grades and the senior high schools, shall be an integral part of a

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07103-01-5

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 1 required health education course at each of these levels in the second-
 2 ary schools curriculum. Students shall be required to demonstrate know-
 3 ledge in the subject area through the use of a test, graded project or
 4 report, or any other means prescribed by the school authorities regard-
 5 ing alcohol, [drugs, and] tobacco, cannabis and other drugs. Any such
 6 course shall be taught by teachers holding a certificate to teach
 7 health. Related courses in the secondary school curriculum shall be
 8 taught in a manner supportive of health education regarding alcohol,
 9 tobacco, cannabis and other drugs. In addition, instruction regarding
 10 the dangers of driving while under the influence of alcohol or drugs
 11 shall be an integral part of a required health education course in the
 12 senior high schools. Such instruction shall be provided in all senior
 13 high schools whether or not these schools also provide driver education
 14 courses.
 15 5. Instruction regarding methods of prevention and detection of
 16 certain cancers, including but not limited to breast cancer, skin
 17 cancer, testicular cancer and other cancers where certain preventive
 18 measures have become generally accepted and certain detection methods
 19 have been adopted and recommended generally to the public. Such instruc-
 20 tion shall be an integral part of a required health education course at
 21 the senior high school level, in addition to continued health guidance
 22 in senior high schools. Any such course shall be taught by