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S05294 Summary:

BILL NO	S05294
SAME AS	No Same As
SPONSOR	FERNANDEZ
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Amd 804, Ed L
Requires that all holders of a professional certificate in the classroom teaching service, holders of a level III teaching assistant certificate and holders of a professional certificate in the educational leadership service receive a minimum of three hours of training in mental health per year.

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S05294 Actions:

BILL NO	S05294
03/01/2023	REFERRED TO ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS
03/06/2023	REFERENCE CHANGED TO EDUCATION
01/03/2024	REFERRED TO EDUCATION

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S05294 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          5294
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                      March 1, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed  to  be committed to the Committee on Alcoholism and Substance
          Use Disorders
 
        AN ACT to amend the education law,  in  relation  to  requiring  certain
          persons receive mental health training each year

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 804 of the education law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 8-a to read as follows:
     3    8-a. All holders of a professional certificate in the classroom teach-
     4  ing service, holders of a level III teaching assistant  certificate  and
     5  holders  of  a  professional  certificate  in the educational leadership
     6  service pursuant to paragraph a of  subdivision  two  of  section  three
     7  thousand six-a of this chapter shall receive a minimum of three hours of
     8  training  in  mental  health per year. The instructional content of such
     9  training shall be consistent with mental  health  curriculum  guidelines
    10  established by the commissioner pursuant to this section.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09845-01-3

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