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                                   1195
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 11, 2019
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend a chapter of the laws of 2018, relating  to  authorizing
   and  directing the commissioner of education to conduct a study on the
   effects of trauma on child development and  learning  as  proposed  in
   legislative  bills  numbers  S.8000-B  and  A.10063-B,  in relation to
   authorizing and directing the  commissioner  of  children  and  family
   services to conduct a study on the effects of trauma on child develop-
   ment  and  learning; and to repeal certain provisions of the education
   law relating thereto
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  59  of  section 305 of the education law, as
 added by a chapter of the laws  of  2018,  amending  the  education  law
 relating  to  authorizing and directing the commissioner of education to
 conduct a study on the effects of trauma on child development and learn-
 ing, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.8000-B and A.10063-B, is
 REPEALED.
   § 2. A chapter of the laws of 2018, amending the education law  relat-
 ing  to  authorizing  and  directing  the  commissioner  of education to
 conduct a study on the effects of trauma on child development and learn-
 ing, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.8000-B and A.10063-B, is
 amended by adding a new section 1-a to read as follows:
   § 1-A. THE COMMISSIONER OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, IN  CONSULTA-
 TION  WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION AND THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH,
 IS AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO CONDUCT A STUDY ON THE EFFECTS  OF  TRAUMA
 ON  CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND LEARNING. SUCH STUDY SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE
 LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING:
   (I) THE TYPES OF TRAUMA EXPERIENCED BY STUDENTS;
   (II) THE IMPACTS OF TRAUMA ON CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND LEARNING;
   (III) SCREENING AND ASSESSMENTS OF TRAUMA AVAILABLE IN SCHOOLS;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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   (IV) PROGRAMS, INTERVENTIONS, AND SERVICES RELATED TO TRAUMA THAT  ARE
 AVAILABLE IN SCHOOLS; AND
   (V)  BEST  PRACTICES  FOR SCHOOL PERSONNEL IN THE AREA OF TRAUMA AS IT
 RELATES TO CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND LEARNING.
   B. ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER 31, 2020, THE COMMISSIONER  OF  CHILDREN  AND
 FAMILY SERVICES SHALL DELIVER A REPORT OF THE FINDINGS OF SUCH STUDY AND
 RECOMMENDATIONS  BASED  ON  SUCH FINDINGS TO THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY
 PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE MINORITY LEAD-
 ER OF THE SENATE AND THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE  ASSEMBLY.  SUCH  REPORT
 SHALL  ALSO  INCLUDE  SUCH  LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS AS THE COMMISSIONER OF
 CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES DEEMS NECESSARY TO  IMPLEMENT  HIS  OR  HER
 RECOMMENDATIONS.
   §  3.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
 manner as a chapter of the laws of  2018,  amending  the  education  law
 relating  to  authorizing and directing the commissioner of education to
 conduct a study on the effects of trauma on child development and learn-
 ing, as proposed in legislative bills numbers  S.8000-B  and  A.10063-B,
 takes effect.