NY State Senate Bill 2021-S757

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2021-S757 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A1209
Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §305, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S4528, A5354
2019-2020: S3454, A355
2023-2024: S4420, A1157

2021-S757 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the creation of a school-based teen dating violence prevention program designed to be incorporated into a school district's existing health curriculum to prevent and reduce the incidence and prevalence of teen dating violence.

2021-S757 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S757

SPONSOR: BIAGGI
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the education law, in relation to the creation of a
school-based teen dating violence prevention program

 
PURPOSE:

To promote education of students regarding teen dating violence.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one amends the public health law by adding a new section 56 to
require the commissioner of education, in cooperation with the commis-
sioner of health, the office for the prevention of domestic violence and
organizations that promote teen dating violence awareness and healthy
relationship behaviors to establish a school-based teen dating violence
prevention program that shall include:(i) age-appropriate curriculum,
lesson plans and best practices for students, parents and school person-

nel to promote teen dating violence prevention and healthy relationship
behaviors; (ii) instructional tools for students, parents and school
personnel on healthy relationship behaviors and teen dating violence
awareness and prevention; (iii) materials related to teen dating
violence prevention and education provided at no cost to every school
entity that are also made publicly available on the department's
webpage.  Outlines that the commissioner shall issue a guidance memoran-
dum to schools and inform them about the prevention and education
program.  The commissioner should urge schools to work with local organ-
izations to develop policies and procedures on responding to incidents
of teen dating violence and healthy relationship initiatives.

Section two sets the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Teen dating violence, particularly in schools, is prevalent and has
lasting effects. According to the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), 10 percent of high school students report physical
violence and 11 percent report experiencing sexual violence from a
dating partner in the past year. CDC and other U.S. government agencies
recommend education and prevention programs in schools to reduce dating
violence and to foster healthy relationships.

As New York State's programming and training leader for preventing
domestic violence and providing services to victims, the New York Coali-
tion Against Domestic Violence (NYSCADV) has done extensive work in this
area. It has developed a curriculum on teen dating violence prevention
and healthy relationships, which could serve as a model for this
program.

The most effective programs are community-based, with collaboration
between the school and local organizations that promote teen dating
violence awareness. Several schools have successfully worked with local
domestic violence organizations to implement teen dating violence
prevention programs, and such collaboration should be encouraged state-
wide. As the statewide membership organization of local direct service
domestic violence programs, NYSCADV can facilitate connections between
schools and local organizations to develop policies and procedures to
best respond to incidents of teen dating violence and to foster healthy
relationship behaviors among our school-age children across the state.

Teen dating violence is a serious public health concern, and our efforts
to address this issue must focus on prevention, specifically through
education in schools. Several states have passed legislation to include
teen dating violence education in the health curriculum of public
schools, including Arizona, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, and Ohio. By
requiring the NYS Department of Education to establish a school-based
teen dating violence prevention program, we will be better able to help
our youth recognize inappropriate and harmful behaviors, prevent
violence in dating relationships, and improve their health, safety and
wellbeing.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2019-2020: S3454/A355 Died in Education/Died in Education

2017-2018: S4528A/A5354A Died in Education/Died in Education

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None to the State.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2021-S757 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    757
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BIAGGI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation  to  the  creation  of  a
   school-based teen dating violence prevention program

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 57 to read as follows:
   57. SCHOOL-BASED TEEN  DATING  VIOLENCE  PREVENTION  PROGRAM.  A.  THE
 COMMISSIONER  SHALL  CONSULT  AND  COLLABORATE  WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF
 HEALTH, THE OFFICE FOR THE PREVENTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND ORGANIZA-
 TIONS THAT PROMOTE TEEN DATING VIOLENCE AWARENESS, PREVENTION AND EDUCA-
 TION, AS WELL AS OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES, TO ESTABLISH  AND  DEVELOP  A
 SCHOOL-BASED  TEEN DATING VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAM WITHIN THE DEPART-
 MENT. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL BE DEFINED BY THE COMMISSIONER  IN  REGULATIONS
 AFTER  CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE OFFICE FOR THE
 PREVENTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND BE  DESIGNED  TO  EDUCATE  STUDENTS,
 PARENTS  AND SCHOOL PERSONNEL ABOUT HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP BEHAVIORS, TEEN
 DATING VIOLENCE AWARENESS  AND  PREVENTION.  THE  TEEN  DATING  VIOLENCE
 AWARENESS PREVENTION PROGRAM SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   (I)  AGE-APPROPRIATE  MODEL CURRICULUM, EXEMPLAR LESSON PLANS AND BEST
 PRACTICE  INSTRUCTIONAL  RESOURCES  FOR  STUDENTS,  PARENTS  AND  SCHOOL
 PERSONNEL   DEVELOPED  OR  APPROVED  TO  PROMOTE  AWARENESS  OF  HEALTHY
 RELATIONSHIP BEHAVIORS AND TEEN DATING VIOLENCE PREVENTION.  SUCH  MODEL
 CURRICULUM,  LESSON  PLANS AND INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES SHALL INCLUDE BUT
 NOT BE LIMITED TO INFORMATION ON HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP BEHAVIORS AND TEEN
 DATING VIOLENCE, RECOGNIZING THE WARNING SIGNS OF TEEN DATING  VIOLENCE,
 AND  A  DISCUSSION  OF  LOCAL  COMMUNITY RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO
 TEENS IN AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD01943-01-1

 S. 757                              2
 
   (II) INSTRUCTIONAL TOOLS  AND  MATERIALS  FOR  STUDENTS,  PARENTS  AND
 SCHOOL PERSONNEL DEVELOPED OR APPROVED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE COMMIS-
 SIONER OF HEALTH AND THE OFFICE FOR THE PREVENTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE,
 WHICH SHALL INCLUDE UPDATED DATA AND INFORMATION ON HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP
 BEHAVIORS  AND  TEEN  DATING  VIOLENCE  AWARENESS AND PREVENTION, WITH A
 REVIEW OF SUCH DATA AND INFORMATION TO OCCUR PERIODICALLY, AT  INTERVALS
 DEEMED  APPROPRIATE  BY THE COMMISSIONER, THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH AND
 THE OFFICE FOR PREVENTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; AND
   (III) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF ALL MATERIALS RELATED TO THE TEEN  DATING
 VIOLENCE  AWARENESS  PREVENTION  PROGRAM  ON  A DEDICATED WEBPAGE ON THE
 DEPARTMENT'S INTERNET WEBSITE, AND ALL MATERIALS SHALL BE PROVIDED AT NO
 COST  TO  EVERY  SCHOOL  DISTRICT,  BOARD  OF  COOPERATIVE   EDUCATIONAL
 SERVICES, CHARTER SCHOOL AND NONPUBLIC SCHOOL UPON REQUEST.
   B.  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ISSUE A GUIDANCE MEMORANDUM TO EVERY SCHOOL
 DISTRICT, BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, CHARTER SCHOOL  AND
 NONPUBLIC  SCHOOL, TO INFORM THEM OF THE AVAILABILITY OF THE TEEN DATING
 VIOLENCE AWARENESS PREVENTION PROGRAM AND TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO WORK  AND
 COLLABORATE  WITH  LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROMOTE TEEN DATING VIOLENCE
 AWARENESS, PREVENTION AND EDUCATION AND TO DEVELOP POLICIES  AND  PROCE-
 DURES  ON  RESPONDING  TO  INCIDENTS OF TEEN DATING VIOLENCE AND HEALTHY
 RELATIONSHIP INITIATIVES.  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ANNUALLY REMIND SCHOOL
 DISTRICTS, BOARDS OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES,  CHARTER  SCHOOLS
 AND  NONPUBLIC  SCHOOLS,  OF  THE  AVAILABILITY  OF TEEN DATING VIOLENCE
 AWARENESS AND PREVENTION MATERIALS  AS  PART  OF  TEEN  DATING  VIOLENCE
 AWARENESS AND PREVENTION MONTH.
   §  2.  This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
 the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the
 addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule  or  regulation  necessary
 for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized
 to be made or completed on or before such effective date.

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Senate Bill S757

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee

2021-S757 (ACTIVE) - Details

2021-S757 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-S757 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S757 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Alessandra Biaggi

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee

2021-S757 (ACTIVE) - Details

2021-S757 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-S757 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S757 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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