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A4260Assembly2017-2018 Session

Teach Alcohol Dangers in Schools

Official title

“Authorizes the commissioner of education to promulgate rules and regulations authorizing school programs designed to educate students on the dangers of alcohol”

Sponsor Felix OrtizAD-51Affects Education
Status
In Assembly Committee
Education
Impact
6/10
Moderate
Passage
0%

Bill progress

Step 2 of 7

In committee · Education

What's happening

This bill requires New York schools to add alcohol danger education, including drinking and driving risks, to their curriculum.

Why it matters

  1. Expands health education. by ensuring that all schools not only address the general risks of alcohol use, but specifically include the dangers of drinking and driving, which could lead to more informed and safer behaviors among students.

  2. Mandates collaboration. between the Department of Education and the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services, potentially increasing the quality and expertise in alcohol education offered in schools.

  3. Empowers the state education commissioner. to create detailed rules for implementing this curriculum, meaning there could be consistent, statewide standards and potentially more rigorous enforcement.

  4. Addresses immediate and long-term consequences. of alcohol use, aiming to reduce underage drinking, alcohol-related incidents, and set a foundation for healthier decision-making among young people.

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Teach Alcohol Dangers in Schools

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Sponsors

Primary sponsor
Felix Ortiz

Assembly Member · Assembly District 51

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History

  1. Referred to education
  2. Referred to education

Full text

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STATE OF NEW YORK

4260

2017-2018 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

February 2, 2017

Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to instruction relating to the dangers associated with the use of alcohol

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

Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 804-e to read as follows:

§ 804-e. Dangers associated with the use of alcohol. 1. In addition to instruction otherwise required by section eight hundred four of this article, the commissioner is hereby authorized to promulgate rules and regulations directing all schools to include, as an integral part of the school curriculum, programs designed to educate students about the immediate and consequential dangers associated with the use of alcohol. Such programs shall include, but not be limited to, the dangers of drinking and driving as well as such other issues closely related to the use of alcohol.

2. The programs authorized by subdivision one of this section shall be designed by the department in conjunction with the office of alcoholism and substance abuse services.

§ 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

LBD08863-01-7

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