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                                   1157
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 13, 2023
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 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred 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;
   (II)  INSTRUCTIONAL  TOOLS  AND  MATERIALS  FOR  STUDENTS, PARENTS AND
 SCHOOL PERSONNEL DEVELOPED OR APPROVED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE COMMIS-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02143-01-3
              

 A. 1157                             2
 
 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 and completed on or before such effective date.