Senate Bill S2585

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to encouraging school districts to include a mental health curriculum in their course of instruction

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-S2585 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6508
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง804, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
S5359

2015-S2585 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to encouraging school districts to include a mental health curriculum in their course of instruction.

2015-S2585 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S2585 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2585

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 26, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. FLANAGAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to a mental health educa-
  tion curriculum

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Legislative intent. The legislature recognizes the impor-
tance of providing a quality education to all New York students. Quality
education must continue to include comprehensive health education. While
schools presently provide instruction in health education, the  legisla-
ture  finds it important that the law provide the flexibility to reflect
current learning standards and curriculum development as administered by
the New York State Education  Department  and  local  school  districts.
Furthermore, it is important that statute recognize developing technolo-
gy and existing curriculum materials to ensure that schools and teachers
are  provided with the most beneficial health education information, and
that both  health  and  mental  health  are  taught  with  the  idea  of
prevention,  cure  and control and without stigma or emotional harm. The
law should provide flexibility to allow the commissioner of education to
respond to the changing needs of the educational  community  to  provide
students  with the tools and resources to live healthy lives, as it will
only serve to improve educational performance and student outcomes.
  S 2. Section 804 of the education law, as added by chapter 982 of  the
laws  of  1977,  the  section  heading as amended and subdivision 3-a as
added by chapter 401 of the laws of 1998, subdivision 3  as  amended  by
chapter 674 of the laws of 2004, subdivision 4 as amended by chapter 181
of  the  laws  of  2000,  and paragraph a of subdivision 4 as amended by
chapter 39 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
  S 804. Health education [regarding alcohol, drugs, tobacco  abuse  and
the prevention and detection of certain cancers]. 1. All schools [shall]
ARE  ENCOURAGED  TO  include,  as  an integral part of health education,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
S                                                          LBD08317-01-5
              

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