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Provides for the establishment of a voluntary chaplaincy program for the public schools
In Senate Committee · Education · Sponsor Ruben Diaz
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BILL NUMBER:A8847
Title of bill
An act to amend the education law, in relation to providing for a voluntary chaplaincy program for the public schools
Purpose of bill
This measure will provide Non-Denominational guidance for the students of New York State by creating a Non-Denominational School Chaplaincy Program This measure will specifically call for parental consent and mandate procedures designed to convey parents' wishes and choices to their children's teachers and school administration.
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1 of The Education Law is amended by adding a new Section 1502-b.
Justification
There are many pressures and stresses that youth struggle with on a day to day basis. Due to these societal and personal pressures, kids, wheth- er they are from an inner city neighborhood, an affluent suburb or a rural farming community sometimes need the option of receiving metaphy- sical, emotional and spiritual guidance This legislation is aimed at creating a Non-Denominational School Chaplaincy Program and is modeled on the non-sectarian Chaplaincy Boards of police, Fire and Correctional Departments, municipal hospitals and the various branches of the united States Armed Forces. This measure calls for qualified and experienced Chaplains, drawn from those agencies and representing the full spectrum for religious affiliations, to volunteer their time to the students of New York State Built into the Non-Denominational School Chaplaincy Bill will be those provisions that will, as a matter of course, respect the diversity and diverse values of our State's families. Chaplains will serve a student according to that student's own belief, or lack thereof. This will be done without, in any way, imposing the Chaplain's own reli- gious background. This measure will specifically call for parental consent and mandate procedures designed to convey a parent's wishes and choices to their children's teachers and school administration.
Prior legislative history
A.3152 - 1999/2000
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it shall have become law.
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