Bill Text: NY S01807 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to instruction on drug prevention, particularly opioids.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S01807 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S01807-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1807
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 11, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- 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  instruction  on  drug
          prevention, particularly opioids
          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  two
     2  new subdivisions 56 and 57 to read as follows:
     3    56.  a.  The  commissioner  shall make recommendations to the board of
     4  regents relating to the adoption of instruction  in  elementary  schools
     5  concerning drug prevention, particularly opioids such as heroin, effects
     6  of drug use, and addiction treatment services.
     7    b.  In  providing  these  recommendations to the board of regents, the
     8  commissioner shall:
     9    (i) seek  the  recommendations  of  teachers,  school  administrators,
    10  teacher  educators,  school  psychologists,  school  social  workers and
    11  others with educational expertise in the proposed curriculum;
    12    (ii) seek comment from parents, students and other interested parties;
    13    (iii) seek comment from the state office of alcoholism  and  substance
    14  abuse services;
    15    (iv) seek comment from providers of these services, particularly those
    16  who provide services for adolescents;
    17    (v)  consider  the  fiscal  impact,  if  any,  on the state and school
    18  districts;
    19    (vi) consider the relevance of existing regulations pertaining to drug
    20  use as part of the school health curriculum as it relates to the current
    21  instruction of alcohol, drugs and tobacco and that relationship  to  the
    22  understanding of mental health as an integral part of health; and
    23    (vii) consider any additional factors the commissioner deems relevant.
    24    c. No later than sixty days before the following school year after the
    25  effective  date  of  this  subdivision, the commissioner shall provide a
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01133-01-7
        S. 1807                             2
     1  recommendation to the board of regents to either  adopt  and  promulgate
     2  appropriate rules and regulations implementing such curriculum or reject
     3  the  implementation  of such curriculum. Upon receiving a recommendation
     4  from  the  commissioner,  pursuant  to  this  subdivision,  the board of
     5  regents shall vote to either accept or reject the commissioner's  recom-
     6  mendation no later than thirty days after receiving such recommendation.
     7    d.  If  the  board  of  regents adopts such curriculum, the curriculum
     8  requirement shall take effect no later than the next school  year  after
     9  such curriculum has been adopted.
    10    e.  If  the board of regents rejects such curriculum, the commissioner
    11  shall provide a report as to the  determination  of  the  board  to  the
    12  governor,  the  temporary  president  of  the senate, the speaker of the
    13  assembly and the chairs of the senate and assembly committees on  educa-
    14  tion providing the reasons for such rejection not later than thirty days
    15  after the board of regents rejects such curriculum.
    16    57.  The  commissioner  shall  on  a  biennial  basis  provide  school
    17  districts with educational information relating to  current  drug  abuse
    18  issues  in  order to ensure instruction provided pursuant to subdivision
    19  three of section eight hundred four of  this  chapter  is  relevant  and
    20  current.
    21    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.