NY A10206 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly

Status

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-1)
Status: Introduced on March 11 2010 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-03-11 - referred to education
Pending: Assembly Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

The purpose of this bill is to require dating violence education and dating violence policies in school districts, boards of cooperative educational services and county voca- tional education.

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Title

Requires dating violence education and dating violence policies in school districts, board of cooperative educational services and county vocational education and extension boards; "dating violence" means a pattern of behavior where one person uses threats of, or actually uses, physical, sexual, verbal or emotional abuse to control his or her dating partner and includes threats made by cell phone, text message, internet, and other electronic means; requires the department, in conjunction with, to assist schools in developing a policy for dating violence incidents; education to be taught to students regarding dating violence in the annual health curriculum framework for students in grades 7 through 12, and requires respect and self-esteem education be incorporated into the curriculum for students in grades k-6.

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History

DateChamberAction
2010-03-11 referred to education

Same As/Similar To

S7131 (Same As) 2010-03-15 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION

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