Assembly Bill A1157

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the creation of a school-based teen dating violence prevention program

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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-A1157 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4420
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §305, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A5354, S4528
2019-2020: A355, S3454
2021-2022: A1209, S757

2023-A1157 (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.

2023-A1157 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1157
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 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
              

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