New York Senate Bill S01566 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1566--A 2023-2024 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 12, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sens. SALAZAR, BRISPORT -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education -- recommitted 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 requiring the commis- sioner of education to make recommendations to the board of regents relating to the adoption of instruction on dating violence prevention and healthy relationships for students in grades seven through twelve 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 63 to read as follows: 3 63. a. The commissioner shall make recommendations to the regents 4 relating to the adoption of instruction on dating violence prevention 5 and healthy relationships that is age-appropriate into the annual 6 curriculum framework for students in grades seven through twelve and 7 which shall be incorporated into various class subjects, including 8 health. 9 b. Prior to making the recommendations to the regents, the commission- 10 er shall: 11 (i) seek the recommendations of teachers, school administrators, 12 teacher educators and others with educational expertise in the proposed 13 curriculum; 14 (ii) seek comment from parents, students and other interested parties; 15 (iii) consider the amount of instructional time such curriculum will 16 require and whether such time would detract from other mandated courses 17 of study; 18 (iv) consider the fiscal impact, if any, on the state and school 19 districts; and 20 (v) consider any additional factors the commissioner deems relevant. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00522-04-4 
 S. 1566--A 2 1 c. No later than one hundred eighty days after the effective date of 2 this subdivision, the commissioner shall provide a recommendation to the 3 regents to either adopt and promulgate appropriate rules and regulations 4 implementing such curriculum or to reject the implementation of such 5 curriculum. Upon receiving a recommendation from the commissioner pursu- 6 ant to this subdivision, the regents shall vote to either accept or 7 reject the commissioner's recommendation no later than sixty days after 8 receiving such recommendation. 9 d. If the regents adopt such curriculum, the curriculum requirement 10 shall take effect no later than the next school year after such curric- 11 ulum has been adopted. 12 e. If the regents reject such curriculum, the commissioner shall 13 provide a report as to the determination of the regents to the governor, 14 the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly and 15 the chairs of the senate and assembly committees on education providing 16 the reasons for such rejection not later than thirty days after the 17 regents reject such curriculum. 18 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.