New York Senate Bill S05294 Latest Draft

   
  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