Assembly Bill A10598

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Creates substance use prevention and recovery resource materials for schools

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A10598 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §804, Ed L

2023-A10598 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates substance use prevention and recovery resource materials which include age-appropriate information on the risks of drug use, overdoses, and how to include resources from outside of the school district to improve instruction.

2023-A10598 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10598
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 20, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON  RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Solages,
   K. Brown) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to creating substance use
   prevention and recovery resource materials for schools
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Subdivision  4  of  section  804 of the education law, as
 amended by chapter 390 of the laws  of  2016,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   4.  (A)  Instruction  regarding  alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs, in
 addition to continued health guidance in the junior high  school  grades
 and  the  senior  high  schools, shall be an integral part of a required
 health education course at each of these levels in the secondary schools
 curriculum. Students shall be required to demonstrate knowledge  in  the
 subject area through the use of a test, graded project or report, or any
 other  means  prescribed  by  the  school authorities regarding alcohol,
 drugs, and tobacco. Any such course shall be taught by teachers  holding
 a  certificate  to teach health. Related courses in the secondary school
 curriculum shall be taught in a manner supportive  of  health  education
 regarding  alcohol,  tobacco,  and other drugs. In addition, instruction
 regarding the dangers of driving while under the influence of alcohol or
 drugs shall be an integral part of a required health education course in
 the senior high schools. Such  instruction  shall  be  provided  in  all
 senior  high  schools  whether  or not these schools also provide driver
 education courses.
   (B) INSTRUCTION REGARDING ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, AND OTHER DRUGS  MAY  ALSO
 INCLUDE  SUBSTANCE USE PREVENTION AND RECOVERY RESOURCE MATERIALS DEVEL-
 OPED AND UPDATED ANNUALLY BY THE COMMISSIONER IN CONSULTATION  WITH  THE
 OFFICE  OF  ADDICTION  SERVICES AND SUPPORTS. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL, IN
 DEVELOPING THE SUBSTANCE USE PREVENTION AND RECOVERY RESOURCE MATERIALS,
 USE EFFECTIVE, RESEARCH-PROVEN, INTERACTIVE TEACHING METHODS  AND  TECH-
 NOLOGIES.  SUCH  RESOURCE  MATERIALS SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED TO EACH SCHOOL
 DISTRICT WITHIN THE STATE AND SHALL BE MADE  AVAILABLE  ON  THE  DEPART-
 MENT'S WEBSITE. THE RESOURCE MATERIALS SHALL PROVIDE:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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