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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         6237--B
                                                                Cal. No. 200
 
                               2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     March 10, 2011
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROBINSON,  SWEENEY,  CAMARA, REILLY, GIBSON,
          MAISEL, MILLMAN, P. RIVERA, ENGLEBRIGHT, JAFFEE, TITONE, AUBRY,  SCAR-
          BOROUGH,   CRESPO,   BRONSON,  STEVENSON,  ROBERTS,  CALHOUN,  COLTON,
          GUNTHER, ZEBROWSKI, HOOPER, MENG, CASTRO, ABBATE,  BOYLAND,  ROSENTHAL

          --  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BRAUNSTEIN, BURLING, CERETTO, COOK,
          GOODELL, GOTTFRIED, JEFFRIES, LANCMAN, McENENY, NOLAN, PEOPLES-STOKES,
          PERRY, THIELE, WRIGHT -- read once and referred to  the  Committee  on
          Education  -- reported and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
          -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted  as  amended
          and  recommitted  to  said  committee  -- advanced to a third reading,
          amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place  on  the  order  of
          third reading
 
        AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to directing the commis-
          sioner of education  to  develop  and  conduct  programs  designed  to
          prevent suicide among youths
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 

     1    Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 43 to read as follows:
     3    43. a. The  commissioner,  in  consultation  with  the  department  of
     4  health,  the  office  of  mental  health, and the office of children and
     5  family services shall develop training programs  in  the  prevention  of
     6  suicide  of  youths  for  use  by  and at no cost to classroom teachers,
     7  teaching assistants, pupil personnel services professionals, and  school
     8  administrators  or  supervisors in public schools and in accordance with
     9  respective collective bargaining agreements.
    10    b. The commissioner shall direct each board  of  education  to  inform
    11  staff  listed  in paragraph a of this subdivision employed by such board

    12  of the resources available to them  from  other  departments  and  other
    13  sources  regarding  the  prevention of suicide pursuant to this subdivi-
    14  sion.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July  next  succeeding
    16  the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00262-06-2