Requires the commissioner of education to make recommendations to the board of regents relating to instruction on preventing child sexual exploitation and child abuse in grades kindergarten through eight.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1953--A
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 11, 2017
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Introduced by Sens. KLEIN, ADDABBO, AVELLA, CARLUCCI, COMRIE, HANNON,
LARKIN, PARKER, SAVINO, VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and
when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education -- recom-
mitted to the Committee on Education in accordance with Senate Rule 6,
sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to child sexual abuse
awareness
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 57 to read as follows:
3 57. a. The commissioner shall consult and collaborate with the commis-
4 sioner of health and appropriate organizations that have expertise in
5 the prevention of child sexual exploitation and child abuse, as well as
6 other interested parties, to establish and develop a program within the
7 department related to the prevention of child sexual exploitation and
8 child abuse in grades kindergarten through eight. Such program shall be
9 defined by the commissioner in regulations after consultation with the
10 department of health and be designed to educate students, parents and
11 school personnel about the prevention of child sexual exploitation and
12 child abuse in grades kindergarten through eight. Such program shall
13 include, but not be limited to:
14 (i) age-appropriate model curriculum, exemplar lesson plans, and best
15 practice instructional resources for students, parents and school
16 personnel designed to promote the prevention of child sexual exploita-
17 tion and child abuse. Such model curriculum, lesson plans and instruc-
18 tional resources shall include but not be limited to guidelines and
19 methods of prevention, including recommendations to address this issue;
20 (ii) instructional tools and materials for students, parents and
21 school personnel developed in collaboration with the commissioner of
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 health, which shall include updated data and information on the
2 prevention of child sexual exploitation and child abuse, with a review
3 of such data and information to occur periodically, at intervals deemed
4 appropriate by the commissioner and the commissioner of health; and
5 (iii) public availability of all materials related to such awareness,
6 prevention and education programs on a dedicated webpage on the depart-
7 ment's internet website, and provided at no cost to every school
8 district, board of cooperative educational services, charter school and
9 nonpublic school upon request.
10 b. The commissioner shall issue a guidance memorandum to every school
11 district, board of cooperative educational services, charter school and
12 nonpublic school, to inform them of the availability of the prevention
13 of child sexual exploitation and child abuse program. The commissioner
14 shall annually remind school districts, boards of cooperative educa-
15 tional services, charter schools and nonpublic schools, of the avail-
16 ability of prevention of child sexual exploitation and child abuse mate-
17 rials in grades kindergarten through eight.
18 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
19 the date on which it shall have become a law; provided, however, that
20 effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule
21 or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effec-
22 tive date are authorized to be made or completed on or before such
23 effective date.
