What's happening
This bill requires New York schools to include education on the dangers of alcohol use, including drinking and driving, in their curricula.
Why it matters
Expands health education. By requiring schools to teach about the dangers of alcohol, including but not limited to drinking and driving, the bill aims to provide students with a more comprehensive understanding of alcohol-related risks, potentially addressing issues like addiction, health consequences, and risky behaviors.
State-level curriculum coordination. The law mandates that the New York State Education Department design these educational programs in collaboration with the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services, which could help ensure that the information is accurate, up-to-date, and informed by public health expertise.
Early intervention and prevention. By integrating this instruction across all schools, the bill seeks to reach students before they might encounter situations involving alcohol, with the goal of reducing underage drinking, impaired driving, and related harms statewide.
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Teach Kids Dangers of Alcohol
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STATE OF NEW YORK
3754
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 31, 2019
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.
LBD07765-01-9
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