Bill Text: NY S01062 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires at least one full-time licensed or certified social worker to be employed in each elementary, intermediate, middle, junior high school and senior high school throughout the state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S01062 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S01062-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          1062

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     January 6, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced by Sens. GOUNARDES, PARKER, SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered
          printed,  and  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Educa-
          tion

        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring  a  licensed
          or  certified  social worker in each elementary, intermediate, middle,
          junior high and senior high school

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 803-c
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 803-c. Social workers licensed under article one hundred  fifty-four
     4  of  this  chapter  or certified pursuant to rules and regulations estab-
     5  lished by the department, required in elementary, intermediate,  middle,
     6  junior high and senior high schools.  The board of education or trustees
     7  of  every  public  school  district in the state shall on and after July
     8  first, two thousand twenty-one employ and provide access to at least one
     9  licensed or certified school social worker in each of the schools  under
    10  their  jurisdiction  exclusive  of  any  school social workers funded or
    11  mandated through any special education funding, aid, regulation or stat-
    12  ute.  Such licensed or certified school social worker shall perform such
    13  duties within their lawful scope of practice.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03081-01-1