What's happening
This bill requires social services districts to provide school-based domestic violence prevention programs and fully reimburses districts for related costs.
Why it matters
Expands access to domestic violence prevention resources directly in schools. , meaning more students—including those in private and public high schools—will have exposure to support services, education, and counseling that could help them recognize and address abuse early.
Mandates participation by local social services districts. , ensuring that these prevention programs are not optional or subject to local budget constraints, which could lead to more consistent and widespread implementation across New York State.
Removes a potential barrier for non-profits by clarifying that students served through these school outreach programs will not affect the required percentage of domestic violence victims served. , making it easier for organizations to participate without jeopardizing their funding or compliance status.
Guarantees full state reimbursement for the costs of these programs (pending appropriated funds),. which may encourage more districts to proactively implement them and reduces the risk that local governments will deprioritize or underfund domestic violence prevention in schools.
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Who cares
Local social services districts
They would have to purchase domestic violence prevention services from nonprofit providers for high school students, with full state reimbursement available only to the extent funds are expressly appropriated.
Nonprofit domestic violence programs
They would provide school-based services under district contracts, and school-outreach participants would not count toward their requirement that victims and their children constitute at least 70 percent of clientele.
Public and private high school students
They would receive domestic violence information, referrals, advocacy, counseling and education in school settings.
Office of Children and Family Services
Its regulations would govern districts’ provision of the school-outreach programs.
Headline styles
Domestic Violence Education in Schools
Plain English, a few words. Used as the page title.
Sponsors
3 Co-sponsors
1 Multi-sponsor
History
- Referred to social services
- Referred to social services
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
481
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled)
January 8, 2025
Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, DINOWITZ, DE LOS SANTOS, JENSEN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Social Services
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to establishing school-outreach domestic violence prevention programs
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 459-a of the social services law, as amended by chapter 169 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
5. "Non-residential program for victims of domestic violence" means any program operated by a not-for-profit organization, for the purpose of providing non-residential services to victims of domestic violence, including, but not limited to, information and referral services, advocacy, counseling, and community education and outreach activities and providing or arranging for hotline services. Victims of domestic violence and their children, if any, shall constitute at least seventy percent of the clientele of such programs; provided that clientele in a school-outreach domestic violence prevention program shall be disregarded in making this calculation.
§ 2. Section 459-c of the social services law is amended by adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
3. (a) In accordance with the provisions of this subdivision and the regulations of the office of children and family services, a social services district shall purchase from a not-for-profit organization operating a non-residential program for victims of domestic violence and provide to students within public and private high school settings a program of information and referral services, advocacy, counseling, and education about domestic violence.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02095-01-5
(b) To the extent that funds are appropriated expressly therefor, state reimbursement shall be available for one hundred percent of the expenditures made by a social services district for programs provided pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subdivision.
§ 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after 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 on or before such effective date.
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