Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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May 04, 2018 |
referred to education |
Assembly Bill A10517
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
NOLAN
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Christine Pellegrino
Steve Stern
Sandy Galef
2017-A10517 (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-A10517 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10517 I N A S S E M B L Y May 4, 2018 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. NOLAN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to comprehensive sexuali- ty education in schools 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 804-e to read as follows: § 804-E. HEALTH EDUCATION REGARDING SEXUALITY. 1. ALL SCHOOLS SHALL INCLUDE, AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF HEALTH EDUCATION, COMPREHENSIVE SEXUALI- TY EDUCATION THAT IS AGE AND DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE, MEDICALLY ACCURATE, AND RESPECTFUL OF ALL PUPILS REGARDLESS OF RACE, COLOR, RELI- GION, RELIGIOUS PRACTICE, NATIONAL ORIGIN, ETHNIC GROUP, SEX, GENDER, DISABILITY, LANGUAGE, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, OR GENDER IDENTITY. 2. THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH, SHALL DEVELOP AND ESTABLISH A PROGRAM OF COMPREHENSIVE, MEDICALLY ACCU- RATE SEXUALITY INSTRUCTION THAT ADDRESSES AGE AND DEVELOPMENTALLY APPRO- PRIATE PHYSICAL, MENTAL, EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF HUMAN SEXU- ALITY AND, AT A MINIMUM, REFLECTS THE NATIONAL STANDARDS FOR SEXUALITY EDUCATION AND RESPECTS ALL PUPILS REGARDLESS OF RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, RELIGIOUS PRACTICE, NATIONAL ORIGIN, ETHNIC GROUP, SEX, GENDER, DISABIL- ITY, LANGUAGE, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, OR GENDER IDENTITY. SUCH PROGRAM OF INSTRUCTION SHALL INCLUDE: (I) LEARNING STANDARDS FOR SEXUALITY EDUCA- TION IN GRADES KINDERGARTEN THROUGH TWELVE; (II) MODEL CURRICULA FOR SEXUALITY EDUCATION IN GRADES KINDERGARTEN THROUGH TWELVE INCLUDING EXEMPLAR LESSON PLANS, INSTRUCTIONAL TOOLS AND MATERIALS, AND BEST PRAC- TICE INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES THAT ARE SUITABLE TO STUDENT AGE, BASED ON COGNITIVE, EMOTIONAL, AND BEHAVIORAL CAPACITY; (III) GUIDELINES AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE INSTRUCTION IN THE SCHOOLS; (IV) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF ALL MATERIALS RELATED TO SEXUALITY EDUCATION ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE; AND (V) A SYSTEM TO TRACK AND EVALUATE SUCH SEXUALITY EDUCATION. SUCH PROGRAM OF SEXUALITY INSTRUCTION SHALL BE REVIEWED PERIODICALLY, AT INTERVALS DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY THE COMMISSIONER, AND UPDATED AS NECESSARY. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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