Assembly Bill A4873

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires licensed or certified school social workers in each elementary, intermediate, middle, junior high and senior high school

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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-A4873 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S54
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §803-c, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A9533, S7526
2019-2020: A5338, S3477
2021-2022: A7513, S1062

2023-A4873 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires at least one full-time licensed or certified school social worker to be employed in each elementary, intermediate, middle, junior high school and senior high school throughout the state.

2023-A4873 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4873
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 24, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. KELLES, JACKSON, COLTON, ZINERMAN, TANNOUSIS,
   DeSTEFANO, LAVINE, EPSTEIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. SIMON  --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Education
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the education law, in relation to requiring a licensed
   or certified social worker in each elementary,  intermediate,  middle,
   junior high and senior high school
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section  803-c
 to read as follows:
   §  803-C. SOCIAL WORKERS LICENSED UNDER ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-FOUR
 OF THIS CHAPTER OR CERTIFIED PURSUANT TO RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  ESTAB-
 LISHED  BY THE DEPARTMENT, REQUIRED IN ELEMENTARY, INTERMEDIATE, MIDDLE,
 JUNIOR HIGH AND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS.  THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OR TRUSTEES
 OF EVERY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE STATE SHALL  ON  AND  AFTER  JULY
 FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE EMPLOY AND PROVIDE ACCESS TO AT LEAST
 ONE LICENSED OR CERTIFIED SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER IN EACH  OF  THE  SCHOOLS
 UNDER  THEIR  JURISDICTION EXCLUSIVE OF ANY SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS FUNDED
 OR MANDATED THROUGH ANY SPECIAL EDUCATION FUNDING,  AID,  REGULATION  OR
 STATUTE.   SUCH LICENSED OR CERTIFIED SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER SHALL PERFORM
 SUCH DUTIES WITHIN THEIR LAWFUL SCOPE OF PRACTICE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01508-01-3

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