What's happening
This bill requires New York to create a school-based teen dating violence prevention program, providing educational resources and guidance to schools.
Why it matters
Creates a standardized, evidence-informed framework. By requiring the state education commissioner to collaborate with health and domestic violence experts, the bill ensures that prevention efforts are based on best practices and up-to-date research, rather than leaving schools to design their own potentially inconsistent programs.
Targets multiple audiences for greater impact. The program is designed not just for students, but also for parents and school personnel, recognizing that awareness and prevention of teen dating violence require a whole-community approach to be effective.
Ensures accessibility and transparency. All materials, including curriculum and instructional tools, must be made publicly available online at no cost, making it easier for schools and families of all types (public, private, charter, BOCES) to adopt and utilize the resources.
Promotes ongoing engagement and accountability. The bill mandates periodic updates to educational materials and requires annual reminders to schools, helping to keep the issue visible and ensuring that resources remain current and relevant.
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Teach Teen Dating Safety
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2 Co-sponsors
History
- Referred to education
- Referred to education
Companion bill
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Prevent Teen Dating Violence
In Senate Committee · Education · Sponsor Alessandra Biaggi
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STATE OF NEW YORK
355
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled)
January 9, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, GOTTFRIED -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the creation of a school-based teen dating violence prevention program
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new subdivision 57 to read as follows:
57. School-based teen dating violence prevention program. a. The commissioner shall consult and collaborate with the commissioner of health, the office for the prevention of domestic violence and organizations that promote teen dating violence awareness, prevention and education, as well as other interested parties, to establish and develop a school-based teen dating violence prevention program within the department. Such program shall be defined by the commissioner in regulations after consultation with the department of health and the office for the prevention of domestic violence and be designed to educate students, parents and school personnel about healthy relationship behaviors, teen dating violence awareness and prevention. The teen dating violence awareness prevention program shall include but not be limited to:
(i) age-appropriate model curriculum, exemplar lesson plans and best practice instructional resources for students, parents and school personnel developed or approved to promote awareness of healthy relationship behaviors and teen dating violence prevention. Such model curriculum, lesson plans and instructional resources shall include but not be limited to information on healthy relationship behaviors and teen dating violence, recognizing the warning signs of teen dating violence, and a discussion of local community resources that are available to teens in an abusive relationship;
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(ii) instructional tools and materials for students, parents and school personnel developed or approved in collaboration with the commissioner of health and the office for the prevention of domestic violence, which shall include updated data and information on healthy relationship behaviors and teen dating violence awareness and prevention, with a review of such data and information to occur periodically, at intervals deemed appropriate by the commissioner, the commissioner of health and the office for prevention of domestic violence; and
(iii) public availability of all materials related to the teen dating violence awareness prevention program on a dedicated webpage on the department's internet website, and all materials shall be provided at no cost to every school district, board of cooperative educational services, charter school and nonpublic school upon request.
b. The commissioner shall issue a guidance memorandum to every school district, board of cooperative educational services, charter school and nonpublic school, to inform them of the availability of the teen dating violence awareness prevention program and to encourage them to work and collaborate with local organizations that promote teen dating violence awareness, prevention and education and to develop policies and procedures on responding to incidents of teen dating violence and healthy relationship initiatives. The commissioner shall annually remind school districts, boards of cooperative educational services, charter schools and nonpublic schools, of the availability of teen dating violence awareness and prevention materials as part of teen dating violence awareness and prevention month.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made or completed on or before such effective date.
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